Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 22 14:24:39 EDT 2001 | markhoch
I used a CamAlot 5000 to apply conductive epoxy on an aluminum substrate about 4 years ago. I used the largest diameter nozzle CamAlot had, and I bumped the dispense and dwell times way up. It was the slowest stage in the process, but it worked out o
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 19 16:13:00 EDT 2010 | davef
The aluminum material is typically plated by a zincation process, followed by nickel plate and a gold flash layer. What do the soldered side of the component and the soldered side of the aluminum coin look like? Do they both take solder?
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 19 15:44:35 EDT 2010 | cisridn
Coins are sometimes used on PCB's with RF Power Field Effect Transistors. These boards are usually mounted in an housing. They provide a ground path for the transistor to the PCB and thermal path to the housing. The coins are usually made of aluminu
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 20 14:44:30 EST 2004 | JohnS
I had identical issue with CBGA's. I also found stress fractures at the sphere/substrate interconnect. The supplier had data to support their acceptability but we persisted and they reworked them,
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 13 07:53:40 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | Couple of questions. | | 1) Are we talking alumina substrates as the ceramic material? | | 2) Are we co-firing gold as the conductors on the substrate surface? | | 3) In other words, is this a hybrid thick film circuit? | | 4) If so, how large or
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 08:15:01 EDT 2003 | Gabriele
Forced gas (hot air or N2 according to solder paste or flux) will be the solution. To rework Ceramic (Aluminum lid Heat Sink)BGA (32 mm square ) or Ceramic Colum Grid Array C-CGA 1,25 and 1,00 mm colum (pitch 42,5mm square), also them capped with a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 13 02:30:29 EDT 2017 | jandon
We are using hot-plate. It is the safest method to rework aluminum substrate PCB's. http://www.martin-smt.de/en/rework/products/pre-heater-hotbeam.html "For efficient rework on heavy electrical systems with flat bottom surface and LED PCBs the pow
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 23 09:11:06 EDT 2017 | jchris
I have a few LED pcb's that have an aluminum substrate that are ridiculous to rework. They heat-sink like crazy and I can't reflow the bad LED's, no matter how much heat I apply. Any suggestions on techniques or equipment to use?
