Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 06 16:35:31 EDT 2003 | Carol
This is an old topic, but keeps coming up. Solderability and reliability issues with SMT gold plated terminations when used with tin/lead solder paste/hassle finish PWB. I need to know which standard (mil, IPC, J-STD??) tells you all about the probl
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 20:25:30 EST 2000 | Dave F
John: What�s the matter? Free gold � good thing for you, bad thing for your supplier. :^) Pre-tinning of gold plated leads is important to: � Prevent gold embrittlement of the solder joint � Determine if the leads are solderable prior to assembly (
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 26 15:21:11 EDT 2005 | russ
Sounds to me like they are thinking since they have a gold board that it must be processed lead free. This kind of thing is happening all over since OEMs are starting to think about pb free and sending their purchasing and engineering to these semin
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 18 23:01:11 EDT 2007 | diesel_1t
Hi there, I want help on the following issue. Where I work, we place a component QFP 256 terminals (20 mil pitch)from hitachi (renesas), we use a MPM UP-3000 screen printer, IP-III placement machine and Vitronics 8 zones reflow Oven. lead plating
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 12:08:53 EDT 2003 | russ
I battle this all the time, I don't believe that it is the "gold corner" that is causing the problem but something with the PCB layer makeup (copper planes, or bottom side components, etc.). It could also be the nozzle you are using has a "hot spot/
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 23 19:31:25 EDT 2005 | molosse21
Hi, Is there a solder paste alloy espacially done to solder components on a pcb gold plated ??? I am using the AIM 297DX SN63/PB37 no clean and i had a comments from my customer telling me that i am not using the right alloy. Personally i never he
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 May 28 16:30:39 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| Yes l know this problem keeps cropping up on the forum but l've missed some of the follow-ups. | | Our problem is that the lifting only occurs on 3% of production so actually detecting an improvement is difficult. We're actually having to inspect
Electronics Forum | Mon May 12 23:28:33 EDT 2003 | dehlers
To the best of my knowledge and experience the 2 % Ag component is not for embrittlement but rather to reduce gold scavenging caused by the propensity for tin to react with the gold. I have seen eutectic tin/lead actually disolve gold wire after a f
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 07:13:05 EDT 2008 | eyalg
I need to solder SAC/HASL PC boards in a NON ROHS process (Tin Leaded solder paste and profile + Tin leaded components) Can I do that?? Regards, Eyal