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In the mid 1980s, surface-mount technology (SMT) has moved from the design and prototype stage to a full-fledged production technology in many US companies, complete with commercial production equipment, procedures and a full complement of surface-mountable components. In fact, over 1000 US electronics manufacturing locations are now using some form of surface-mount technology in preproduction or production. About 5% of all components used in the USA are surface-mountable, while in Japan (1984), nearly 50–60% of passive components and 5% of active components being assembled are surface-mounted.
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Brown, D., Editor, C., Bracken, J., Manna, A., Brasch, J., Brown, D. (1988). SMT Growth. In: Riley, F. (eds) The Electronics Assembly Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13161-9_23
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