Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 07 15:57:56 EST 2003 | Marc Simmel
Are there specifications or recommendations for electro-deposited tin-lead plating thickness on austenitic stainless steel that would provide a shelf life of 1 year? 6 months? Would 2 to 3 microns (78 to 118 micro-inches) 90/10 tin-lead over 1.27 mi
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 05 19:37:32 EST 2007 | davef
You weren't specific about the frequency band were you're operating. So, let's pound a couple of stakes in the ground. * Conventional tin-lead plating of 200-300 �m is quite satisfactory for lower frequencies in the range of 2GHz. * At frequencies h
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 08 10:04:26 EST 2003 | severs
Once you have selected your plating based on electrical and physical requirments, you should know that there is an inexpensive plastic storage packaging developed by Lucent which can keep any platings solderability from degrading for up to 10 years o
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 04 10:04:14 EST 2005 | jbrower
We use Alpha UP-78 (Older paste formula) and it works well for what we do. We standardized our stencils at 5mil with a 10% reduction on IC apetures and a home plate design on passive components. Additionally we use laser cut electro-polished stenci
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 11 14:07:26 EDT 2000 | Steve
Hi ya'll!! We've got some PCB's in receiving inspection that has these little nodules in plating inside all of the barrels. These are microwave PCB's and have almost all of the surface area on both sides covered with with solid metal planes, and no
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 12:59:26 EDT 2006 | mattkehoe@sipad.com
We are trying to apply solder to boards with 80 microinches of electro plated hard gold. No components involved, just print 63/37 paste and reflow. The results are very poor on some boards, not so bad on others? Pictures at http://www.sipad.net/thick
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 16 12:32:56 EDT 2019 | edhare
Steve, Yes, in my experience clients send in field failures (so latent failures) that exhibit internal shorts when a secondary fracture propagates from a knit line fracture. These eventually short due to electro-migration from plate-to-plate through
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 21 14:02:32 EDT 1999 | Ron Costa
We are a contract manufacturer currently building a job with IBM CBGA-255 devices and 20mil QFP's that are close to each other. We use a 6 mil laser cut and electro polished stencil with one to one apertures on the BGA's. The customer is experiencing
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 08 01:05:34 EST 2005 | Mike_Kennedy
Our new PCB supplier can give us a 20% price reduction if we convert from an ENIG finish to a FLASH gold finish. My uderstanding between the two is as follows: ENIG - Nickel is plated over copper and then immersed in Gold which forms a self limited f
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 02:20:47 EST 2005 | Mike_Kennedy
Grant, I dont quite understand the implications my self yet on gold deposit using FLASH or ENIG. However the important part of the gold finish is that it is kept under 3% of the total solder joint, so normally its safe. With the FLASH process it is m
