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In the publishing industry there are many charts and awards for the best selling books, but with sales in the tens and hundreds-not thousands-it would be impossible to have a sales chart for technology handbooks. So, here is a list of "My Top Ten" reference books recently updated to take into account the change in technology but still the relevance of many of the books still in circulation.

This list does not indicate the number of sales of any one title, the age or up-to-date nature of the text, only my opinion on the "must have" engineering titles for your office bookshelf. Remember that generally there are no new problems in manufacture most have been seen before by someone.

Good reading till next time

Printed Circuit Handbook (5th Edition)
Clyde Coombs, Jr.
McGraw Hill

Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook
Perry L Martin
Mc Graw Hill

Microelectronics Packaging Handbook (1st Edition)
Tummala and Rymaszewski
Van Nostrand Reinhold

Comprehensive Guide to Design, Manufacture of Printed Board Assemblies
Bill MacLeod Ross
Electrochemical Publications

Quality Assessment of Printed Circuit Boards
Preben Lund
Bishop Graphics, Inc.

Reflow Soldering Processes and Troubleshooting
Ning Cheng Lee
Newnes

SMT for PC Board Design (2nd Edition)
James Hollomon
Prompt Publications

Soldering in Electronics (2nd Edition)
Klein Wassink
Electrochemical Publications

Ball Grid Array Technology
John Lau
McGraw Hill

Flexible Circuit
Joe Fjelstad
Electrochemical Publications

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