Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 10 07:03:59 EST 2005 | mdemos1
Hi. I am trying to find out the minimum copper thickness I should see on a through hole barrel. The board has 1 ounce copper and the board thickness is 0.062". I am finding thicknesses of 0.6 to 1.2 mils. Thanks, Mike.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 08 09:43:27 EDT 2004 | davef
First, don't get too excited about the thermal capabilities of conductive epoxy. An epoxy like DuPont CB-100 increases the amount of heat conducted through the barrel, but many over estimate what it can do. Calculations show for a 0.020" drilled
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 08 17:35:04 EDT 2016 | slthomas
We all know that whenever possible, we want thermal relief between the barrel/pad and the copper foil to make it easier to properly solder that through hole connector. My question is, assuming there is no connection from the barrel to a copper layer
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 15:17:11 EDT 2003 | Robert
Let me see if I got this right. The OSP in un-plugged vias will break down after subsequent reflows and washes which can result in oxidation. Question: Is there any paper covering oxidation and reliability on such a condition. We are averaging .0007
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 11 21:43:19 EDT 2005 | Ken
Those temp stickers are useless unless you can stick them into the copper barrel. They can only determine "skin" temperature which has nothing to do with what is happening in the barrels. Your solder is filling the barrel then going cold. I'll gua
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 27 19:37:32 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Wolfgang is correct. Copper plating thickness of the via barrel walls is a key question you need to answer to troubleshoot this. Tenting is a red herring.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 08 22:27:52 EST 2007 | jkhiew
Did the PTH barrel ends in massive copper clad ? If yes this type of poor thermal layout topside heating is often recommended.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 20:23:55 EST 2005 | davef
We're with your customer. We believe inner layer separation is not linked to a heating excursion. What you are seeing is separation between the hole wall and the copper plating in the barrel of the hole on an unstressed PTH. Although, it's possibl
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 10 03:45:23 EST 2022 | proy
YES there is an IPC target/acceptable spec In general terms the barrel thickness in the hole should be 1 mil (thou). IPC has an allowable limit lower around .75 with some other factors. I have been checking barrel plating on all incoming boards since
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 15 09:56:17 EDT 2022 | winston_one
Thank's Dennis. I'm also now think in this direction. Process was adjusted and soldering are good. But one from five boards can have this effect with bubbles and strange uneven distribution of solder inside the barrel. Probably copper is too thin and
