Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 21:37:31 EST 2000 | Morris
Michael: I would agree with Jason. It seems your analysis has pointed you to one specific brand of part. I've also seen this phenomenon. The part was Palladium plated and when we switched to a nickel/tin plated part, the problem went away. Some o
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 08:30:28 EST 2002 | jax
Wolfgang, Billboarding is kinda like a tombstone. The part is just sitting on it's side instead of on it's end. There should be plenty of info on this in the archives under billboard and tombstone. Most likely cause is off center placement and ov
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 14:34:33 EDT 2013 | bvdb
Suggest that you do search on this forum for "tombstoning". Regards, Bert
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 16:17:30 EDT 2013 | nikyta
Hi Eric, you have the right reduction on the stencils apertures? Also, a very oxidized solder paste can -and will do- promote and increase both the tombstoning as well as the solder balls.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 15:11:25 EDT 2013 | ericrr
Interesting, I could not find anything via a website search some of the links came up as 404, others a "home" page and some never went at all (or took too long) So I turned to google and found http://www.smtinfo.net/docs/tombstoning.pdf a 16 page a
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 11:49:42 EST 2002 | stimpman
Hi, Have you checked your placements pre-reflow? The most typical cause of a billboard unlike tombstoning is a pick and place issue. Billboarding will usually happen with ( profile/bad pad layout and the most common just poor center placement. I'v
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 09 10:47:36 EST 2003 | Hussman
Depends on what you mean by shifting towards each other. Otherwise, 7 mil should be fine for 0603. I've used 6mil, 7mil and 8 mil without problems. Generally, stencil thickness won't have a bearing on "shifting" parts. Check placement. Make su
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 12 21:33:27 EDT 2000 | Micah Newcomb
Billy and Chris have a good point, pad size and geometry will affect proper aperture size and geometry and could result in tombstoning. Also I have seen chips which require special pastes but I have never found this to be the cause of tombstoning, in
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 13 18:41:20 EDT 2000 | Michael Parker
I too have followed all of the useful suggestions provided herein. I still found some tombstoning which was specific to a manufacturers lot. I changed the reel to another brand and the problem went away. I suspect contamination or oxidation on the co
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 03:40:04 EST 2008 | akareti
Hi everybody, I found a defect varistor 0603 Tombstone and poor welting when we use component that terminal is Silver palladium (Ag/ Pd) with Leaded solder paste (63/37). Then we change alternative component that terminal is Ni/ Sn the result not fou
