Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 11:55:21 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
Zoinks!! Doing the homeplate design on 0402 will actually make your tombstones WORSE! Think about it. Your wetting forces are now on the ENDS of the device with no solder paste toward the middle of the device to tack the part down - a gauranteed f
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 11:16:34 EDT 2007 | lloyd
Hi Folks, I hope someone can help me, Is the homeplate stencil design (for reduced solder paste) the same for preventing solder balls as it is for reducing tombstones? i.e. the reduction of solder paste under the component termination. I'm trying to
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 02 00:21:38 EST 2007 | AMS
Hello, I havea 0.4mm pitch TQFP with heat transfer pad on the bottom side of component. I will appreciate any suggestions with regards to: 1) stencil thickness (Rest of components on board are 0603 passives and few 40 mil pitch IC's) 2) Stencil
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 08 18:39:06 EST 2007 | elias67
Stencil Thickness should be .005" A reduction along with cross hatching is a must for the center pad to reduce paste volume as well as to assure even paste deposit while printing on a large pad. With out the cross hatch, the squeegie will most like
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 13:29:24 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Lloyd, Homeplates will get rid of solder balling. They are only recommended "backwards" for 0402 or smaller (Points point away from each other). If you do this, you will have a full pad width of paste on the pad for the part to stick in. Obvio
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 02 16:26:57 EST 2007 | Steve
1- Thickness 0.005" 2- I usually reduce 50% of the thermal pad, but it also depend on original size of thermal pad somehow I have to either create window panel or crosshatch otherwise component wil get wimming during reflow. Hope this will help. Reg
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 17 05:41:04 EDT 2020 | SMTA-Davandran
I have one product which only need print low temperature solder paste on OSP pad. This pad will used for hot bar process. Desired solder paste thickness is 0.10 mm to 0.15 mm. Is any one can advise right stencil thickness and aperture opening for it.
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 21:16:44 EST 2001 | davef
Consider using the following hierarchy of rules for pad design: 1. If you have a land pattern in a manufacturer�s data sheet, use it. 2. If the data sheet doesn't have a land pattern, but does have an RLP (registered land pattern) number or JEDEC n
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 17:10:15 EST 2001 | davef
If you don�t paste / reflow solder on the pads, they will never bridge. ;-) A design with a 0.13mm gap between pads will challenge equipment, materials, and process.
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 11:56:44 EST 2001 | mparker
Pad spacing is just one element to consider. Your pad spacing is determined by the pitch (center to center distance between the leads). There are several good resources to find the appropriate pitch per device. Search the archives here or refer to th
