Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 13:10:39 EDT 2003 | slthomas
I snapped a board in half at a cracked solder joint, and the component pulled free of the solder and still has a very thin layer of metal on the termination end. Based on the construction spec.(solder over nickel over palladium), it looks like it
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 04 08:57:59 EDT 2003 | davef
If you think you have an intermetallic, soldering as probably done correctly. In that case, expect the solder to fail in the solder, just above the intermetallic. This the weakest portion of the solder, because the tin has be depleted to form the i
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 18:02:48 EDT 2003 | slthomas
Just when you think you're getting somewhere... QA sent me a vendor response to our corrective action request. They stated that their normal process for this product includes an ultrasonic cleaning cycle of 20 MINUTES minimum. It might be 30, we'r
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 14 16:26:58 EDT 2003 | slthomas
Yes, they do the cleaning, we did the (apparently first) inspection and caught the problems. They tried a shorter cleaning cycle, witnessed no defects, and attributed the defects on the boards we had to their cleaning process. Now they just plan on
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 15 11:18:29 EDT 2003 | slthomas
It is an interesting situation....one that merits as much business philosophy analysis as technical analysis. I'll be getting my official 60 day notice today. Any criticism about our overseas suppliers (that were selected by sr. management w/o in
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 16 16:55:38 EDT 2003 | russ
Thanks for the info, Here is a couple more questions (and you thought you were done) What size are these caps /res? how thick is your stencil? what type of oven are you using? what is the finish of the board? Anyway, it seems like (from a distance)t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 12:03:00 EDT 2003 | slthomas
So, there is a crack or gap between: * Solder and component termination. Bingo Correct? Describe: * Coarseness / smoothness of the metal on the termination underneither the crack. * Solder left on the termination. Unfortunately at 45X I can't rea
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 17 16:43:09 EDT 2003 | davef
Background: * Bulwith, Ronald A., �Failure Analysis of Solder Joints�, �Insulation/Circuits� magazine, February 1978 * Banks, Donald R., et al., �The Effects of Solder Joint Voiding on Plastic Ball Grid Array Reliability�, Proceedings of the Technica
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 17 10:38:02 EDT 2003 | davef
While Russ is correct that a little voiding is OK, your level of voiding [customer complains that the solder surface looks bumpy] doesn't give us the ol' warm and fuzzy about their process control. For background: * Search the fine SMTnet Archives.
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 17 17:38:57 EDT 2003 | Takfire
Dave, I am not exactly sure what is driving them to believe that this is a capacitor issue. It is unfortunate, that this belief has slowed their activity in further understanding their manufacturing process. The caps are BME (Base Metal Electrode
