Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 03:03:29 EDT 2010 | grahamcooper22
Hi Gani, looking at the HASL icture and the poor wetting of the solder over the pads I would imagine that the HASL coating is very thin on the pads and in actual fact isn't 'solder' but is tin /copper intemetallic and this has poor solderability. It
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 19:12:23 EDT 2001 | relensky
Thanks for the instructions. I was missing the reflow part... Omikron is the method our board house offers. We have been through the plating thickness problem and tin depletion conditions. Beyond those issues, I have been trying a few different n
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 05 05:36:23 EST 2010 | grahamcooper22
Are both photocouplers exactly the same ? More importantly, do they have exactly the same metalisation on their legs ? I have experience where same relay devices have different leg metalisations (one was matte tin / one was gold over platinum over n
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 03:25:58 EST 2008 | jlawson
I have seen smt chip varistors with Pd/Ag teminations that had poor wetting in terms of good fillet in LF (sac305) soldering. We found that the solder tended to be attracted to the plating on the part and off the actual pad (silver Immersion). This c
Electronics Forum | Tue May 31 11:56:12 EDT 2005 | chunks
Hi Matt, Get definitive answers! Contamination on the HASL finish?: From the pix you posted, it looks like something fishy is going on. I�d reject them back to the board house and demand an answer. Most board houses and purchasing people will g
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 25 12:26:34 EDT 2009 | clampron
Some information on the web regarding RoHS and tip life... What problems are there for using Lead-free solder? ? Higher melting point of Lead-free solder may cause physical and thermal damage to components and PCB. ? Lead-free solder has poor
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 18 21:18:00 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS REFLOWING BOARDS WITH WHITE TIN PLATING. WE ARE NOT GETTING GOOD WETTING ON THE PADS. | WE HAVE CHECKED THE REFLOW PROFILE AND TRIED DIFFERENT PASTE'S. | WE THINK THERE MAY BE CONTAMINATION OR OXIDATION ON THE PADS.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 20:27:07 EST 2005 | KEN
Oh silver and its...improved solderability over tin / copper. BS if you ask me. Look to your flux and thermal profile for wetting spread. Ask yourself just how much "wetting spread" do you need to fill a barrel? I have the same 100% barrel fill
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 20 11:44:40 EST 2006 | Mike Dolbow Atotalgps.com
I have seen 100% Matte Tin plating and a lot of Sn/Ag/Cu plating for gull wing parts. This is the most common type of plating. Also in a lead free process you will see that the very end Toe of the part will not flow. This is due to the metal being cu
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 20:33:16 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
The biggest difference between the two, is solder joint appearance. What I noticed mainly is that the solder does not wet and flow as readily to a palladium coated lead as it does with a tin/lead coated lead. When you look at a palladium coated lead
