Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 16:31:49 EDT 2013 | alfredodsanchez
Hello everyone! I have a problem with PCB, we detect that some contamiation apear (dark spots similar to glue or underfill) we detect that this element is Policarbonate. I don't know if on PCB fabrication process some policarbonate are used. We alr
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 22 21:42:54 EDT 2007 | davef
Questions are: * Do these pads take solder? How well? * Have you stripped the gold and evaluated the condition of the nickel?
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 23 09:52:38 EDT 2007 | d0min0
Hi, in past we had an issue with ENIG surface, black was Ni that get pass the Au - but it was discovered after reflow (SnPb) and the IC was losing contact with Cu tracks...at customers application :| Reason was as I remember too thin Au sufrace... w
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 26 11:27:12 EDT 2007 | vangogh
Hi Davef, Thanks for the reply. There seem to be no issues on SMT reflow based on some samples done. We have not stripped the gold yet. We did a X-section+EDX and we are seeing traces of copper on the nickel layer. Any idea what is the implication of
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 27 08:03:32 EDT 2007 | davef
Actually, you will be soldering and wire bonding to the palladium layer, so we should have asked if you checked that layer, rather than the nickel. We not sure of the source of the copper that your see on EDX. It's possible copper from the pad migra
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 30 09:49:32 EDT 2007 | blnorman
EDS @ 10kV maybe going too deep. I've talked to a surface science physicist that recommends Auger spectroscopy because it's more of a true "surface" examination tool.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 21 05:05:52 EDT 2007 | vangogh
Hi All, I would like to get some inputs regarding this.... I have bare PCB which were stored with kapton tape attached on the Au plated pads. These were stored for close to a year. Upon removal of kapton tape, we noticed discolorations on the edges o
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 12 13:42:19 EST 2011 | dwonch
Hi All, I'm hoping there is a PCB expert or two hanging around. We're having some solderability issue on our boards. The finish is ENIG but it doesn't seem to be related to the finish process itself. We did SEM and EDX analysis and found aluminum an
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 13:06:59 EDT 2007 | shing
Will solder contamination related to PCB's surface finishing?
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 10 15:06:11 EDT 2009 | dyoungquist
My guess is that he is talking about the gold plated pads not fully wetting with solder. We have seen this on some of our ENIG boards with the gold still showing at the far corners of the rectangular pads. Not knowing if this is hand soldering or p
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