Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 16 09:55:24 EDT 2013 | markhoch
Thanks guys. I can see the benefit as a CM, when you have no control over the Parts/PCBs that come in the back door. In my previous job at a CM I did often have product coming in the back door that did appear to have exceeded its shelf life, and hav
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 16:12:19 EDT 2017 | davef
Your plater's recommendation should work fine. Your simple copper plate will work, but you'll be stepping into fighting a copper tarnish battle. Silver over the copper is a better choice. I was thinking a silver thickness of a minimum of 3 microns
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 10 11:28:19 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not ele
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 11:41:18 EDT 2021 | jeremy_leaf
I have a SAC305 preform with which I am attempting to bond a gold coated component to an ENIG coated PCB pad. I've specified 2 microinches of gold for the ENIG. It worked previously but now with a new batch of boards, I am having an issue where the p
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 05:42:36 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Earl, | I admit that I missed your article since I seemed to have let my subscription to Circuit Fabrication Magazine expire. I am interested in your experience in this area. Is there a way to get a copy of your paper? Could you maybe post it to
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 09:02:18 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | Hi folks , | | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most. Our in
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 04 20:26:34 EST 1998 | kallol Chakraborty
| | | | Hi folks , | | | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most. Ou
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 04 20:37:45 EST 1998 | kallol chakraborty
| | | | | Hi folks , | | | | | Lately we are seeing a lot of rawcards with black spots on the pads - most of them have Au finish(immersion gold) . We did a lot of inspecton after wave solder and found that only (fine pitch) QFP are affected the most
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 15 17:57:01 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hope some of you out there can help me with this one. | I am getting feedback from our test department that they are showing opens on solder joints which have visually good wetting. The touch-up operators confirm that the joint looks good. All they
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 03 10:32:05 EDT 2002 | davef
First, we have talked about drying / baking / demoisturizing / whatevering bare board previously. Search the fine SMTnet Archives to get started on recipes. Second and more importantly, you gotta fix this delamination problem. If it is delaminatio
