Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 20:56:25 EDT 2002 | clunier
I remember reading a magazine article a few years ago that discused using the copper area of a pcb to transfer heat away from large SMT devices. Does anyone know of this article or something similar that I can obtain. The article covered copper area,
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 06 10:02:14 EST 2006 | Yash Sutariya
Sorry. I actually should clarify those slides. Black pad is not associated with tented vias. Also, you can tent vias with soldermask, but this requires the immersion gold process to be completed prior to soldermask. As such, all copper features (
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 09:41:49 EDT 2003 | davef
Mantis: Kenny reflows paste on [wave solders] all via, not just the test via, to plug the via and provide for a pressure seal between the board and the test fixture. Beyond that, since solder is softer than copper [and fills the hole better], solde
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 14 09:24:07 EST 2002 | joconnell
What about when debugging the board I recently saw a case where we damaged a board between - 5-10 cycles of the fixture It's a catch 22 - where you need high force probes to breal the OSP - but the copper is hard surface, not like the solder HASL a
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 12 22:22:01 EDT 2004 | davef
Large voids are common in via in pad [seach the fine SMTnet Archives for earlier laments], especially in blind via. Observations on your via out gassing theory: * If the copper plating on your via is GT 1 thou, there will be no outgassing from the
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 08:35:54 EDT 2003 | davef
Over time, copper in the via will form an oxide with oxygen in the air.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 05 09:34:32 EST 2003 | HAROLD LICHT
WE HAVE A NEED TO BOND SOME LOW TEMPERATURE LED'S TO A THIN CIRCUIT BOARD LAMINATED TO A HEAT SINK. HAS ANYONE USED AN ULTRASONIC WELDER TO WELD COPPER GUL WING LEADS TO A COPPER PAD USING ULTRASONICS? IF NOT HAS ANYONE USED RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 13:52:11 EDT 2007 | Oswaldo Rey
Vias are thru hole, pcb is two sided, bottom copper is 2 sq inches, vias are 0.6mm diameter. thanks,
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 16 17:15:51 EDT 2007 | davef
Ask the board fabricator to: * Fill the vias with resin. * Then metalize and copper plate the filled via along with the pad. * Then plate with solderability protection. This results in what appears to be a solid pad. For more, look here: http://www
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 11 14:48:44 EST 2010 | davef
SR1000 is commonly used for tenting. Search the fine SMTnet Archives on : tenting Someone gave us this note. We have lost their name. It seems to be good advice. If Liquid Photo Image (LPI) solder mask is required, do not tent via holes. Tenting