Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 21 16:55:22 EST 2004 | patrickbruneel
Hi, Are you testing bare boards or soldered boards. Are the test probes in contact with soldered pads or contacting the copper with the osp coating (not soldered). If you could clarify this it would be easier to give some hints for probable causes.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 21 17:43:04 EST 2004 | Kris
Hi, I had the same question. In our case we are contacting the copper with the osp coating (not soldered). any published reports that we can reference Thanks
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 26 08:41:27 EDT 2000 | greg
I am processing PCB's that have an n-tech osp coating and am finding huge inconsistencies in wetting. Some boards process clean with good wetting and the next has terrible wetting. The boards are stored and handled properly. Has anyone had this
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 14 06:00:01 EDT 2005 | bryan
The shelf life of immersion silver is 6 to 12 months in good storage conditions. The finish is usually coated with a protective layer that inhibits oxidation (like with copper OSP). Care must be taken when handling the boards as the protective la
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 15 14:45:48 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | Folk's, | | | | | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly how long do
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 15 11:28:50 EST 1999 | Bob Willis
| | Folk's, | | | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly how long do you h
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 18 10:01:16 EST 1999 | John W
| | | | Folk's, | | | | | | | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly how l
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 19 11:12:41 EST 1999 | Dave F
| | | | | Folk's, | | | | | | | | | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 15:02:31 EDT 2013 | dyoungquist
What is the pad surface finish on these boards? I know OSP and silver finishes have a shorter shelf life than HASL or gold. We do not use OSP or silver on our boards so I don't know what to look for visually on the pads when they have exceeded the
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 20 08:06:21 EDT 2005 | davef
We'd reject the boards because: * Vacuum seal is punctured. * HIC is expired. One of the nice things about immersion coatings is that the fab can rework the coating. You cannot do that with other coatings. Finally, every HIC that we investigated c
