At 05:39 PM 2/7/96 -0600, you wrote: >Saw a reference on the Web to this book: > >Design Guidelines for Surface Mount & Fine-Pitch Technology > > Title: Design Guidelines for Surface Mount & Fine-Pitch Technology > > Author: Vern Solberg > > Publisher: McGraw-Hill Company > > Info: Pubished 1996: 260 pages. ISBN 0-07-059577-1 > > CHAPTERS > 1: Planning for Surface Mount Design > 2: Component Selection for SMT > 3: Land Pattern Development for SMT > 4: Space Planning and Interface > 5: Layout Guidelines for Rigid Circuits > 6: SMT Layout and Guidelines for FLexible Circuits > 7: Design Requirements for Fine-Pitch Devices > 8: Providing for Test Automation > 9: Specifying Substrate Materials and Fabrication Options > 10: SMT Assembly Process > 11: Aqueous Cleaning for Surface Mount Assemblies: Elimination > of CFC Materials from the SMT Manufacturing Environment > 12: Design Evaluation for Efficient Assembly Processing > > >Looks interesting, but has anyone seen this, is it reasonably well done? >Not that I doubt it... > >regards, > >Jerry Cupples >Interphase Corporation >Dallas, TX >http://www.iphase.com > > > > Jerry, Vern Solberg, chairs the IPC-SM-782 committee. I have seen sections of his book and it contains some very valuable information. It is done fairly well, I don't think you will be disappointed. Regards, Gary Ferrari Tech Circuits