Tape Automated Bonding is a specialized assembly-process technology, which involves the application of components onto a circuit board using temperature and pressure.

Three-Dimensional Laser Paste is a volumetric inspection method that utilizes a microscope with lasers.

Turnkey is an outsourcing model, which turns all aspects of electronics manufacturing over to an EMS provider, who buys the raw materials and components and bills the OEM for a complete assembly. Turnkey is the opposite of the “consignment” model, where an OEM purchases raw materials and components and “consigns” them to an EMS provider for assembly. In the consignment model, an EMS provider’s revenue includes only the value-added in assembly, but not the cost of components.