The HATS²™ Test System

Reliability, Robustness and Assembly Process Survivability of Via Structures & Solder Joints on PCBs and Substrates

Testing of IPC-2221B Type "D", HATS²™ Single Via Coupons*, Substrate & Custom Coupons of up to 7 Test Nets

72 IPC "D" or 36 HATS²™ Single Via* / Custom Coupon Test Chamber Capacity

Air-To-Air Thermal Shock Compliant With IPC-TM-650 Method 2.6.7.2C

Rapid Temperature Cycles or Custom Profiles Between -65°C to +265°C

Reduced Thermal Shock Cycle Time by 60 to 80% (~1000 Cycles per Week)

Convection Reflow Assembly Simulation Compliant with IPC-TM-650 Method 2.6.27B with In-Situ Resistance Monitoring

Built-In Reflow Profiler Allows any Reflow Cycle to be Simulated Automatically

Robustness Testing of Unlimited Consecutive Reflow Cycles or any Cycle from -65°C to 265°C

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Detect Via Structure Issues Before Adding Components

Use HATS²™ Technology to Increase Quality and Reliability of your Electronic Systems

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HATS² Tester Equipment Diagram Showing Labelled Subsystems

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intuitive operation

A Test System Designed to Meet All Your Reliability and Robustness Requirements

The Via Structures found in PCBs and Substrates have evolved to a size where it is impossible to evaluate them in the microsection for product quality conformance.

Convection Reflow Simulation

The HATS²™ Test System Allows you to Precisely Simulate the Environment Found in a Convection Reflow Oven

Direct Feedback From Surface of Test Coupons Used to Control Environment

Rapid Thermal Shock

The HATS²™ Test System Allows Completed Thermal Shock Tests 4-6 Times Faster than Dual Chamber Units

High Volume Airflow Past Vertical Samples Maximizes Heat Transfer to Test Coupons

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Process Control, Material Comparisons, Reliability, Robustness
The HATS²™ Test System Does it All

Process Control

Use the HATS²™ Test System to Understand how Changes in Processes Affect Via Structure Reliability & Robustness

Material Comparison

See How New Materials, Chemicals or Processes Changes Affect Via Structure Reliability & Robustness

Reliability Evaluation

Perform Rapid Thermal Shock Testing using the HATS²™ Test System to Assess Via Structure Reliability

Product Robustness

Overstress Samples with Multiple Reflow Simulations to Rapidly Assess Via Structure Robustness

What The HATS²™ Test System Can Do For You In A Just a Day

The 6+100 Protocol

Why Switch from Thermal Stress Microsection to HATS²™

What the Microsections Sees and Misses in Via Structure Evaluation

The introduction of HATS²™ Technology meets the rapid reliability testing needs for the PCB industry, greatly speeding up our R&D, iteration and large-scale application of new techniques helping to Improve TTM's Products

Dr. Canny Zheng

Ph. D, CAS&ST Manager- Commercial Technology
TTM Technologies (Guangzhou)

Dr Canny Zheng, TTM Guangzhou
Dr. Ir. Maarten Cauwe, imec

The support from Reliability Assessment Solutions Team and the HATS²™ Test System has been instrumental for getting the reliability insights and for achieving a statistically relevant dataset in frame of the global benchmark study led by the microvia reliability subcommittee IPC-V-TLS-MVIA-EU. The working group convenors, Maarten Cauwe from IMEC and Stan Heltzel from the European Space Agency, are thankful for this important contribution.

Dr. Ir. MAARTEN CAUWE

Team Leader Flexible Microsystems for Health at Cmst,
associated imec laboratory at Ghent University


It's been a year since Unimicron purchased the HATS²™ Test System. It is easy to operate and has been performing glitch-free for all our testing endeavors since its purchase.

Mr. Xue XiHuang

Quality Manager
Unimicron

Mr Xue XiHuang, Unimicron

Reflow, Reliability & Robustness

The HATS²™ Test System

A complete test system that gives you insight into the expected performance and reliability of the PCBs and Substrates going into your electronic products

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* U.S. Patent 10,379,153. German Patent 10 2019 006 553.0. Japanese Patent 7,291,045. Chinese Patent ZL 201922142627.1. Worldwide Patents Pending

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