This book is a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Reliability Techniques and their Application.Reliability 91, 10-12 June 1991 was held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, UK, organised by SRD (the Safety and Reliability Consultants of AEA Technology) and the institution of Quality Assurance (IQA), and supported by the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA).

Today, the successful design and manufacture of electronic devices requires expertise in both materials science and manufacturing processes. This reference provides electronics engineers and materials scientists with the information they need on the materials and processes currently used to fabricate, interconnect and package electronic components and systems.