Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 20 14:13:32 EDT 2000 | DENNIS XIONG
Dear all, We have a PCB design mistake that causes exposed copper layers on the edges of breakaway locations. Although we fixed the design, but we already made a lot of boards plus many made before we found the problem. I wonder if any one have some
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 21 03:55:14 EDT 2000 | DL
Dennis, I've seen this before, and in our case we didn't need to seal the edges because there was no concern of shorting or anything in the end product, this is a choice you will have to make, Does your end product have any protrusions or mounting h
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
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 13 20:54:23 EST 2001 | davef
There is neither �nominal thickness� nor �is there a set maximum� for via masking. We use some of our vias as test pads. So, as you�d expect, we get rabid when we get mask bleed onto these pads. IPC-6012 - Qualification & Performance For Rigid Pri
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 14:54:36 EST 2012 | cobham1
With a large number of you out there building rigid-flex boards. I am wondering first what kind of profile do you use and what are you peak temps. I ask these questions because we are finding that our boards have a high moisture level and we are also
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 Nov 11 11:28:32 EST 2002 | davef
Sand is not a great conductor, compared to copper. Never heard of using the stuff on RF boards. Our board fabricator uses Dupont CP100, now CP101, [or something like that cuse who's going to check?] when plugging via on cheap boards. Your board fa
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 | Wed Oct 06 04:23:09 EDT 1999 | Brian
| | I am a new employee at a company that has had a large turnover of employees over the past year. I am working on a board (components on one side only), the engineer (he is also new ) wants to use an .035 pad with a .021 dia. hole, there are no via
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 06 08:03:47 EST 2005 | davef
On solder in vias: It looks like the via are not solder masked well and pick-up solder either: * Solder coating ... OR * During leveling It's possible that the design specifies openings in the solder mask for these via. On solder in the unsupporte
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