Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 15:49:33 EDT 2001 | Steve
The solder balls you are talking about are caused by too much paste. Reduce the size of the stencil aperatures. Concerning removing the solder balls, the first thing you need to ask yourself is, do I need to remove them. IPC-610, 12.4.10 states, "Ac
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 26 17:27:48 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Hello there, Most probably, since the solder balls are entrapped, it is a process indicator, but refer to IPC 610-6.5.3.1 on Excess solder / solder balls / splashes - it really depends on what class you are manufacturing, and the minimum electrical c
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 11:49:54 EDT 2006 | sms_don
CW, The good news is that you are not trying to use SAC paste with SnPb balls for that would be a void generator due to the ball being liquidous while the SAC paste is still in a flux cleaning stage. Two points to consider: One, voids are not an i
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 06 11:57:12 EDT 2006 | Chunks
IPC 610 says acceptable Class 1 (Class 2, 3 indicator) if they are entrapped/encpsulated balls within 0.13mm of lands or pads. or exceed 0.13mm in diameter. Defect Class 1,2,3: Solder ball violates min electrical clearance. Solder balls not entrap
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 10:44:29 EDT 2007 | Jacky
Hi All, Recently, we encountered strange defect at our SMT line. We can see solder ball spatter around at one of the component pad. This lead to insufficient solder defect at 1 side of the component. The other side of the component look good(Meet
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 07 15:58:17 EDT 2024 | SMTA-64386252
Hello. Since a DFN is a BTC component, an end fillet height is not required on IPC 610 since most of these components did not have a wettable surface on the sides. A cross section in a non-touched up sample could be performed to validate the solder
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 17 08:20:59 EDT 2009 | scottp
I work for one of the largest automotive suppliers. Our Workmanship Standards pre-date IPC-610 but they are nearly identical in regards to solder balls. We supply to all the major OEMs, including the Japanese, and I don't recall our solder ball sta
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 02 07:16:47 EST 2009 | umar
Base on the top picture condition, seems like the boards condition is a lot with solder splash or solder ball which is per IPC-610 is under reject (under 5.6.2)for class 3 product. While the picture 2 is showing those the solder resist is not melt pr
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 12 00:16:43 EDT 1998 | Ron Costa
Hello everyone, I am currently running a gold plated SMT board and am experiencing tiny solder balls between the pads and the masking between the 20 mil pitch devices. I'm looking at these boards with a 60x microscope. IPC-610 say's any visible solde
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 04 10:08:33 EDT 2000 | Russ
Neil, IPC 610 has the criteria for solder balls re. quantity and size per sq./in. These are acheivable requirements but no-clean is not necessarily a drop in process. You need to review stencil /pad /component design to ensure that "midship" solde
