Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 03 12:26:16 EST 2005 | barryg
We are looking at potentially doing a pcb that is enig finished as called out on its fab. drawing. We plan on a standard 63/37 water soluble paste. Is there any pro's and cons to this process with a pcb plated as such. What is the main advantage that
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 16:51:46 EDT 2005 | GS
It stands for Elettroless Nikel Immersion Gold, a kind of PCB finishing Entek (there are several kinds) is a brand name of an OSP (Organic Solderability Preservative)kind of PCB finishing. Regards............GS
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 04 12:37:41 EST 2005 | Cmiller
We have been using this finish almost exclusively for fine pitch boards for about 5 years. Make SURE you use a board house that does the gold plating in-house. There are some potential issues as DaveF stated. The only problem we have encountered is w
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 30 18:19:17 EDT 2019 | slthomas
We use ENIG whenever possible, to the extent that we will try to talk customers out of Pb-free HASL until our keyboard punching fingers bleed. It's much more solderable than HASL and it's flat.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 31 06:11:26 EDT 2019 | spoiltforchoice
> We use ENIG whenever possible, to the extent that > we will try to talk customers out of Pb-free HASL > until our keyboard punching fingers bleed. It's > much more solderable than HASL and it's flat. Ditto
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 31 11:47:00 EDT 2019 | slthomas
I've never tried OSP so can't speak to it's real world use. I only know what I've read about it (it has a shelf life and allegedly is less physically durable than ENIG) so I don't believe that it's a good fit for us. I understand that it solders
Electronics Forum | Wed May 01 23:46:33 EDT 2002 | sohct
Are these 2 surface finishes the same? If not what is the difference? Thanks
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 07:11:10 EDT 2002 | davef
They probably the same. Most likely someone is saying immersion gold [immersion Au] as a short hand for ENIG [ Electroless Nickel - Immersion Gold]. It is very uncommon to plate gold directly on copper, because gold and copper form a brittle interm
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 23:06:56 EDT 2002 | sohct
Hi Yannick Please sent the article "Board finishes for EMS Provider" to me as I can't find it in Circuitree. Your help is very much appreciated. Regards
Electronics Forum | Sun May 05 19:04:52 EDT 2002 | Yannick
I could send you this article but I need your email:))or write one to me at yb@m2s.ca thanks you