Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 11:21:48 EST 2007 | davef
Contractor mantra: * Profile is good * Boards are bad On profiles, the key question is: where did you take the profile? We�d guess cracked connections are giving the intermittent test results when pressing on the components. You use acoustic micro
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 07 20:53:51 EST 2002 | davef
Regardless of the technique used for the mounting pad shape or definition, isolation of the plated through hole [PTH] from the mounting pad is important. If the PTH is contained within the mounting pad, solder will wick down the PTH. The amount of
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 11 21:54:14 EST 2002 | davef
LONG TERM Your plans to buy a vaccuum bag resealer and a batch drying oven sound good as you say, but you�re correct. They will not help with this current situation. SHORT TERM If your connections are clean, free of pits and holes with a smooth,
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 13 07:57:15 EDT 2004 | Grant
Hi, We have been offered some lead free BGA parts in place of normal lead solder BGA parts in our process, and because we can get them faster it would be a good option. However does anyone know if we can use them as normal. I assume the balls won't
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 04 10:40:37 EDT 2012 | davef
I'm not aware of any such stipulation about witness [probe] marks for assembled boards, per se. Certainly, witness marks should not affect the intended performance of the assembly, you know, like damaging the solder connection or smudging solder mate
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 18 11:27:24 EDT 2020 | slthomas
I am about to order a stencil and I can already see that I'm going to have issues. I'm hoping someone has a recipe for this scenario that we haven't tried yet. The parts are 16 mil pitch bga's, the pads are NSMD (10 mil dia. with 12.6 mil mask open
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 20 13:04:25 EDT 2004 | davef
The Intel BGA Developer�s Guide [ http://developer.intel.com/design/packtech/ch_14.pdf ] says: 14.8.3.3 Plated Through Hole (PTH) Isolation Regardless of the technique used for the mounting pads shape or definition, isolation of the plated through h
Electronics Forum | Tue May 22 17:24:12 EDT 2001 | davef
What is your thinking on the issues surrounding design and manufacture with leadless leadframe [eg, land grid array, micropak] components beyond those in http://www.national.com/ads-cgi/viewer.pl/an/AN/AN-1187.pdf? The curve ball that we just looked
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 07 21:49:05 EST 2000 | Dave F
Cheers to you Your gold plating is specified for the gold wire bonding between the die of your BGA and the pads on the BGA substrate. For solderable surfaces this is heavy on gold for use on pads. Gold SB thinner on pads to limit the amount of gol
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 10 17:44:48 EST 2000 | Dave F
In response to your questions: Is the embrittlement from excess gold in lead / tin solder connections bad? It can be vereeee bad. Does it affect all plating processes the same? Give us a break and read the SMTnet Archives, for instance: BGA prob
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