Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 18:07:16 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a reco
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 06:57:10 EDT 2003 | davef
Your vendor site is totally correct. 2Ag is an excellent solder, but it does nothing to prevent tin and gold from reacting chemically. An earlier poster is correct gold goes into solution in liquid solder very fast, less than a second. Gold and ti
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 20 11:35:34 EST 2006 | Mike Dolbow Atotalgps.com
From what I have seen some component terminal finished have a problem due to storage also. I have seen pure nickel finished turn black. I have seen silver barring finished have problems too. It all depends on how you chose your process, PCB plating,
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 20:19:46 EST 1999 | Dean
| AVX and a few other companies make these chip transient voltage suppressors (TVS) parts that are a real *PAIN* to use. According to AVX: | "Due to the semiconducting nature of the doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) ceramic material, SMT TransGuards ar
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 06 10:27:07 EST 2001 | Dave F
This is a very timely topic, as we drift [buffeted by the combined wind of everyone down-stream in the supply chain ] on waves carrying all of us from the land of lead to the land of no-lead. I want to say there was a recent trade journal article pu
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 16 05:11:47 EST 1999 | Charles Stringer
| | AVX and a few other companies make these chip transient voltage suppressors (TVS) parts that are a real *PAIN* to use. According to AVX: | | "Due to the semiconducting nature of the doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) ceramic material, SMT TransGuard
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 17:59:54 EDT 2010 | hegemon
Therein lies the issue. Unknown storage conditions before we received the PCBs, date codes just expired (2 weeks), first article is de-lam city! Had a bad feeling about it. Have read some studies showing that there is no linear tie in of visual cha
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 01:39:06 EST 2010 | boardhouse
Hi Johan, As a Asian board supplier - I would not recommend using Lead free hasl on any product that has BGA, you would be just looking for issues, flatness being the main. I agree with one of the other replies - Your purchasing dept. should not be
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 02 20:53:34 EST 2000 | Dave F
Dennis: Several points: 1 If you're talking AlphaLevel process (?): � Good solderability, as HASL, even no-cleans bite well. � Planarity, uniform deposit, no bridgin� of FP. � Doesn't store as well as NiAu ... LT 6 months sealed � Very sensitive t
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 25 17:40:16 EST 2009 | cuperpeter
Hello All, I have a problem with nonwetting Au finish after second cycle of reflow soldering doublesided boards. Solder nonwetted pcb pads (is wicked to component terminations) Either these pads or some of non component pads became discoloured from
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