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 | Fri Nov 03 11:30:29 EDT 2017 | davef
regarding dwl comment, "For low volume hand assembly, deionized water or IPA should work fine." Deionized water: Deionized water is corrosive. It needs to be removed. Proof? Drop a copper coin into a covered jar of DI water and watch what happens ov
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 31 15:41:23 EDT 2003 | davef
Q: Could any of you guys tell me what exactly is this greenish thing ? A: No, but is not copper oxide. Copper oxide is brown, the color of a penny [here in the US] or an untreated copper laminated trace on a board. Many copper salts are greenish in
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 17 18:29:02 EST 2007 | bbarton
Let's face it guys...in most cases (stress the MOST!) a typical FR4 board will do the job. Few layers, low copper, not too densly populated etc...no worries. Use a reflow profile which avoids the 245-250C range, use a shorter TAL, Viola you have a go
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 24 16:10:16 EDT 2011 | davef
As a shot in the dark response to a hopelessly vague question .... Back in the old days, we'd see corrosion of metal parts after DI water washing when our water was on the high-end of the resistivity range, usually after we received fresh tanks from
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 21 11:59:56 EST 2006 | dannyleach
We design a broad range of DC/DC power supplies for various telecom, internet, and computor applications and have been succesfully using intrusive reflow for ~7 years now. Our pcbs range from 0.065 to 0.090 in thickness and are moslty dense 4 to 8 la
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