Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 09 23:27:53 EST 2000 | Craig
We are considering using gold plating on our fine pitch pcbs (as oppossed to HASL). We have heard of long term solder reliability problems with joint imbrittlment how bad is this and does it apply for all of the different plating processes the same?
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 10 17:44:48 EST 2000 | Dave F
In response to your questions: Is the embrittlement from excess gold in lead / tin solder connections bad? It can be vereeee bad. Does it affect all plating processes the same? Give us a break and read the SMTnet Archives, for instance: BGA prob
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 10:14:04 EST 2000 | PeteB
Jacqueline, Asuming you mean immersion silver: Advantages - Very flat finish compared to HASL, more easily solderable than bare copper with OSP and more process tolerant than this in our experience, reasonable shelf life, cheaper than immersion gol
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 04 19:55:46 EST 2000 | Rob Thomas
Hello Yosef, non woven aramid reinforced pcb's are used where is a need for low CFT (coefficient of thermal expansion). Traditionally aramid pcb's were used in military applications in order to reduce the stress/failure rate of solder joints during
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 15 08:00:57 EST 2000 | Pete B
John, We regularly wave solder electroless silver finished boards (Alpha Level)with mixed SMD and through hole parts and do not have any problems. We have changed a number on PCB's from HASL to electroless silver, mainly for the benefits at SMD whe
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 06 13:03:14 EDT 2010 | whitewing
I'm sure you could buy everything you need to make your own stencils in-house for way less than 200K - lasercut or photochemical etch. If you have someone local with a typesetter of photoplotter , photoetch should be really cheap to set up. I've also
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 20:18:42 EST 2016 | lordorica
Trying to find a laser marking machine. Thing is that most of my pcbs have white solder mask, so the when trying to read the 2D code is difficult due to the lack of contrast. Any idea? a different technology? regards
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 05 12:45:45 EDT 2001 | Claude_Couture
On mixed technology PCBs, we find numerous blow holes on the solder joints of radial parts (electrolytics, LEDs, etc). The solution that works so far is to cut the leads very long in the radial inserter so that the part is kinda loose and the air in
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 00:26:46 EDT 2002 | craigj
Are currently investigating a change of solder paste for various reasons and are considering a move from 63/37 to using 2% silver solder paste for increased long term reliabilty of solder joints with gold finish PCBs and to further reduce reflow temp
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 08:25:55 EDT 2002 | davef
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