Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 03 07:49:18 EDT 2003 | mk
Mask Musings. Soldermask (SM) and its functions have changed and evolved over the years. As an ex-solder mask applicator, I can remember screening Colonial High Gloss Epoxy soldermask on boards back in the early 80's, ending up with a thickness that
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 23 12:56:03 EDT 2024 | proceng1
One trick that I use when I need additional paste for a larger part like a connector with thick leads is KAPTON. I'll put a thin strip of Kapton on the board side of the stencil along the apertures where I need more paste. Kapton is about 2.5mils th
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 11:04:48 EDT 2003 | russ
Out of curiousity, Isn't soldermask only used as a solder processing aid and to cover the copper? Russ
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 21:22:37 EDT 2003 | ramanandkini
We have a 1.6 mm thick automotive PCB board of size 35x70mm. One of our vendor has given us a batch with lesser soldermask thickness 5~8 microns. Will this affect the circuit board on a long term. What should be standard for the soldermask thickness?
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 03 05:27:24 EDT 2003 | kanwal324
the puspose of solder mask is to prevent exposure of cu tracks to atmosphere. the lesser thickness can effect the performance of board but it only depends on its application. if you are making telecom board then its not good to use the board.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 17:54:46 EDT 2003 | davef
Yes, Russ IPC-6012A w A#1 - Qualification & Performance For Rigid Printed Boards talks to solder mask requirements in 3.8. One interpretation of what it says: * Solder resist [solder mask] must meet the qualification / conformance requirements of S
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 12:37:18 EDT 2003 | ramanandkini
It was a nice discussion. What I did here was a thermal shock test 1 hour@ +90 deg.c and immediately 1 hour @ -40 deg.c. The second test I did was a high humudity test for a week. After each test, I carried out a peel test with scotch tape. Those bo
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 22:15:36 EDT 2003 | davef
Tough to say. It depends on the type of solder mask, the producer of the solder mask, and your board fabricators' process. As one angle on this, solder mask type affects thickness. Minimum clearance: * Liquid photoimageable: 2 thou * Screened liq
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 08:31:57 EDT 2011 | bootstrap
I am building a rugged digital video camera product that essentially is just a sandwitch of 3 parts: #1: front piece is machined aluminum with C-mount thread #2: middle piece is 1/16" printed circuit board #3: back piece is machined aluminum The
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 24 20:43:15 EST 2019 | sssamw
If you want to check if solder mask on tented via, better to do cross section to have a clear view. Sometime supplier will not tell you the truth once you ask question for potential quality issue.
