Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 13 16:51:26 EDT 2012 | davef
Sorry, but I don't have a quick and easy answer. Before jumping the 'black pad shark,' tell us more about your boards ... * Is the gold still on the pads after soldering? * Can you make the pads take solder using a soldering iron? * Does this happen
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 16:37:08 EDT 2004 | davef
As we mentioned in an earlier response in this thread [Q5], you do NOT want to solder to hard gold. Hard gold is a wear surface. [That's IT, that's the LIST.] If you want to solder to gold, then either use: * IPC-4552 ENIG specification, mentioned
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 29 09:07:15 EDT 2006 | davef
The issue is not the gold, but the amount of gold. Gold content over 3 percent raises concerns about reliability of the solder connection.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 29 13:36:57 EDT 2006 | Chunks
Davef is right about the amount, but why are using gold to solder too when other finishes are avaiable?
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 31 10:51:11 EDT 2006 | Chunks
OK so you're stuck with gold. Not all that bad unless you're paying for it. Gold is very flat compared to HASL, so you should have no problems printing. This should lead to good placement as well. But after oven you mat have a big contrast betwee
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 30 09:10:09 EDT 2006 | systemonchip
Thank you for your help. Using gold is not my decision, it is my boss-I-know-everything's decision unfortunately. take care
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 06 08:38:17 EDT 2001 | davef
We've talked about this previously on SMTnet, check the archives.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 05 18:59:53 EDT 2001 | Dan Steffler
I have had an issue where solder has contaminated gold plated pads (fingers) where it is not acceptable. The pads must remain perfectly coplaniar for a LCD zebra strip to lay accross them. Does anyone know of a way to remove the marriage level of s
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 29 07:17:34 EDT 2006 | Ali Uzel
Hi all, I do know a little on PCB manufacturing. I would like to know whether using gold on PCB pads can cause soldering problems, both using automation and by hand. We are using a new device, 484-pin, 0.8mm, BGA and 0402 size capacitors. Or it can
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 26 09:57:21 EDT 2005 | russ
The Immersion gold is not a problem with BGAs specifically but "black pad" which can be present anywhere. The unfortunate thing with BGAs is you cannot see it. Personally I hate white tin. It is okay for single sided boards running no-clean, but c
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