Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 16:37:08 EDT 2004 | davef
As we mentioned in an earlier response in this thread [Q5], you do NOT want to solder to hard gold. Hard gold is a wear surface. [That's IT, that's the LIST.] If you want to solder to gold, then either use: * IPC-4552 ENIG specification, mentioned
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 15 02:09:22 EST 2005 | tk380514
SNAGGLETOOTH HOLDS HIS HANDS UP, HAVING JUST REACHED THE EDGE OF HIS OWN IGNORNACE. I just read up on black pads - http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?ID=9784 when i checked the joints under the microscope they were a light grey slightly discolou
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 02:08:47 EST 2006 | adeline_ko
Hi, What is the different between Electroless Nickel / Immersion Gold (ENIG) and Immersion Au. Are they refer to the same finishing? We has been using the Gold thickness (0.00005 - 0.00013mm) , nicket (0.0025mm) for all Gold finishing brd (Immersio
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 05 09:49:11 EST 2006 | Cmiller
We have been using ENIG for 8 years as our primary board finish. We have not seen any issues with tenting the vias. We have used a number of suppliers. The ENIG from China does not seem to solder quite as well in general but only had black pad from o
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 23 20:27:06 EDT 2001 | davef
WOW!!! How do people get these coo toys? Comments are: * IPC-7530 is not a specification. It is merely a guideline. [IPC-7530 �Guidelines for Temperature Profiling for Mass Soldering (Reflow and Wave)�] * What makes you say a 20-micron intermetall
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 07:24:44 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 inspection
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 07:54:49 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. Our inspec
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 24 11:14:44 EDT 2001 | Cemal Basaran
Dave; Thanks for responsding so fast. here are my answers. 1-WOW!!! How do people get these cool toys? I am with the University at Buffalo Electronic Packaging Lab. http://www.packaging.buffalo.edu We have pretty much everything that is sold on the
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 27 21:57:16 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Hi Doug: Responding to your questions: � If gold over nickel is self limiting ... You didn�t say whether you gold plating was electroless or immersion. Electroless is not is self limiting. It can plate up to 5 thou. Expect immersion plated gold to
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 10:16:42 EDT 2001 | davef
Welcome to SMTnet. Awww, those assemblers are always whining about something. Just tell him to shut-up and build the blankin� boards. Jeesh!!! We used to have copious archives on the topic on SMTnet and our friend Brian is working his fingers t
