Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 14 11:44:23 EDT 2004 | Dreamsniper
I have boards with bad HASL application. First they're not even. Second some pad edges have no HASL and still remains bare copper. What's the maximum and minimum HASL thickness required for a good solderability. My boards are about 6 weeks old, I kno
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 14 14:39:12 EDT 2004 | davef
HASL Thickness: * HADCO DFM manual specifies a nominal thickness of 50-1500uin with an option for 100-1000uin * Merix DFM manual specifies 30-200uin IPC-6012, Class 1, 2, 3 do not spec a HASL thickness at all but only require that full coverage is m
Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 17 22:23:46 EST 2017 | jmelson
Well, I fixed it. I had resisted taking the motor off because of the recalibrations that would be required. But, it got bad enough I had to. Under the microscope, I could see copper dust packed between the commutator segments. I removed that, and
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 04 00:51:01 EDT 2010 | jmelson
On the Xilinx chips, I am pretty sure these hairs are NOT tin whiskers. The solder in this particular build was SnPb, and pure tin would almost certainly melt at soldering iron temperatures. My theory is that slivers of the lead frame material, lik
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 05 21:14:10 EDT 2001 | davef
You aren't going to post our stuff on your "Hey, I'm the wizard site", are you? Board fab, Pad coatings, OSP 1 OSPs: Imidazole (Via Systems) is good. Entek (Enthone) works, but requires strict thickness control in fab. 2 Enthone CU56 allows one t
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 22 14:53:22 EDT 2003 | Robert
OK...I'm hooked on this subject. Were changing from NiAu to OSP as a "savings" and not because we choose too. So far we have had great success with BGA and are working on TSOP, SOP, etc. The only thing we have come to dislike so far is the ring aroun
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 18:58:48 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| We are currently assemblying several different board type with gold plated lands with varying results. Can any of you that has successful experience in this area give me some pointers. What paste do you use? Do you use the recommended reflow pro
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 20 20:11:58 EDT 2004 | davef
First, how oxidized are these solder balls? Will the take solder using your routine flux / paste? Second, on restoring solderability, the three basic methods you can use to restore solderability on components are: * Highly active fluxes in a retinn
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 13 20:55:46 EDT 2002 | russ
Having just gine through a similar problem myself (with much less equip.) Here are a few things to consider and/or look at Do you have the proper pad size? It should be the same size as the pad on the BGA. Is the board warping during your operati
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 16:19:58 EDT 2005 | davef
Q1) How to identify on good or bad ICs lead that could contribute to dewetting? A1) Distinguish between good or bad IC that could contribute to dewetting by testing for solderability, according to J-STD-002. Q2) What actions that must be taken in fa
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