5-32E Conductive Anodic Filament (CAF) Task Group

Chair:

Karl Sauter, High Density Packaging User Group International, Inc.

Vice-Chair:

Graham Naisbitt, GEN3

Staff Liaison(s):

Doug Sober

Committee Charter:

This task group is responsible for the determination of electrochemical migration (ECM) activity within Printed Boards. Surface ECM issues are addressed by the 5-32b SIR and Electrochemical Migration Task Group. The focus of the 5-32e Task Group is exploring Conductive Anodic Filament (CAF) growth and other ECM failure mechanisms within the board.