STAR Datasheet, PDF (17/30 Pages) Texas Instruments – STAR STAR Surface Mount Tape-and-Reel Specification

Application Total System Saving
Cost pressures today are forcing many electronics manu-
facturers to automate their production lines Surface mount
technology plays a key role in this cost-savings trend be-
cause
1 The mounting of devices on the PC board surface elimi-
nates the expense of drilling holes
2 The use of pick-and-place machines to assemble the PC
boards greatly reduces labor costs
3 The lighter and more compact assembled products re-
sulting from the smaller dimensions of surface mount
packages mean lower material costs
Production processes now permit both surface mount and
insertion mount components to be assembled on the same
PC board
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Automated manufacturers can improve their cost savings by
using Tape-and-Reel for surface mount devices Simplified
handling results because hundreds-to-thousands of semi-
conductors are carried on a single Tape-and-Reel pack (see
the ‘‘Ordering Information’’ section for the exact quantities)
With this higher device count per reel (when compared with
less than 100 devices per rail) pick-and-place machines
have to be re-loaded less frequently and lower labor costs
result
With Tape-and-Reel manufacturers save twice once from
using surface mount technology for automated PC board
assembly and again from less device handling during ship-
ment and machine set-up
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