Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 21 17:17:47 EDT 2003 | justin
Do some push / pull testing. Typically with black pad, you can flick the components right off the board. If you have this, the boards are about as reliable as a Yugo. If you get decent push / pull results, odds are you don't have black pad and you
Electronics Forum | Wed May 04 22:04:55 EDT 2005 | davef
First, you cannot determine if this is "black pad" by looking at it. You must do laboratory analysis, either microsectioning or EDS. [But it sure sounds like "black pad."] Second, if it is black pad, it was created by the company that fabricated t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 10 08:07:45 EST 2006 | mdemos1
Hi. We have experienced black pad phenomenon on a lot of 200 boards (immersion gold finish). This lot of boards has been completely assembled and we had about 20% fallout during functional test. My question is this ... Is there a way to inspect th
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 09:47:40 EDT 2003 | davef
We agree with Russ and Ioan that rework does not cause black pad. It's caused during the board fabrication process. On the other hand, we think: * Mantis wants to reduce the amount of reworking of boards that fail due to a black pad problem. *
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 16:18:47 EDT 2005 | jimmiem
The black pads that we see are on the BGA component. We removed the component from its site and on 2-3 pads 100% of the ball stuck to the pad on the PCB and the corresponding BGA pad was black.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 16:02:43 EDT 2005 | russ
I don't believe that you are seeing black pad. I think you are seeing an oxidized pad from your statement that these pads take solder. I would guess that these will be fine. But I would re-tin all pads prior to attaching the BGA to make sure.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 29 09:55:37 EDT 2002 | davef
Sounds like hyper-corrosion of nickel, commonly referred to as 'black pad', in ENIG solderability protected boards. Search the fine SMTnet Archives to get started. Additionally, the July - September 2002 'Journal Of Surface Mount Technolgy' has an
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 07 21:50:58 EST 2002 | Juan C. Ruiz
I work in a plant located in Monterrey Mexico, I would like to know where I can sent some boards to be analized since we have the suspect to have a black pad problem with the boards. Any Idea?
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 15:54:23 EST 2003 | Jodi Roepsch
I am interested in knowing if anyone has new information about the black pad defect with ENIG plating. I am interested in it from the viewpoint of risk assessment, testing done on final product to isolate failures,and root cause of the defect. Than
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 11 08:33:31 EST 2003 | davef
SMTA [www.smta.org] New On-line Presentation - March 14 Dealing with the Black Pad Defect in Manufacturing Solectron Vice President of Technology Srinivas Rao And Director of Process Integration Kim Hyland Date: Friday, March 14 Time: 10:30AM - Noon
