Surface mount technology is not a technology of tommorrow but a technology of today it provides a quantum jump in the packaging tech nology to produce state of the art miniaturized electronic products how ever in order to take advantage of this technology a complete infrastruc ture must be put in place. Surface mount technology is not a technology of tommorrow but a technology of today it provides a quantum jump in the packaging tech nology to produce state of the art miniaturized electronic products how ever in order to take advantage of this technology a complete infrastruc ture must be put in place. Surface mount technology principles and practice ray prasad springer us mar 31 1997 . Surface mount technology is not a technology of tommorrow but a technology of today it provides a quantum jump in the packaging tech nology to produce state of the art miniaturized electronic products how ever in order to take advantage of this technology a complete infrastruc ture must be put in place