Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 25 21:25:28 EDT 2004 | davef
First as a nit, your �substrate� is probably NOT copper. It�s probably FR4 fiberglass/epoxy. Substrate. Base Material. A supporting insulating material upon which parts, components, and elements are attached. Second, enough of that, on to your i
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 18 09:51:53 EDT 2013 | rway
If they're 1 1/2 years old, they are definitely aged parts. Either send them back for newer or widen your tolerances on the ICT to compensate. You are at the 3rd decade now (10,000 hours) and you will need to compensate for this. These parts are n
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 13 08:32:24 EDT 2013 | rway
Have you verified the measurements on the bench with an LCR meter? Chances are you are experiencing aging with these ceramic caps. We have similar issues with X5R and X7R caps. You will see the effects of aging with returns from the field as well
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 08:41:56 EDT 2004 | Bob R.
When we first got into BGAs on ENIG we were getting joint cracking at in-circuit test. The joints were breaking in the Sn-Ni intermetallic. We did a lot of pull testing while working with our board suppliers and our conclusion was that pull testing
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 21 04:27:31 EST 2000 | teohbengee
Need help urgently. Anyone can provide me some information or site on reliability test on PCB assembly like solder joint or anything. Some test like ERSA Test, SHMOO Test, Pull Test, Temperature cycle and humidity Test, vibration Test or any related
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 18 20:24:37 EST 1999 | Tony
I'm trying to replace the PTH connectors with the SMT connectors in my design, and would like to make sure the SMT connector solder joints are as stong as PTH's. What's the right test to verify that? Is Pull and Shear test is the right choice? Where
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 24 14:10:53 EDT 2002 | Terry Burnette
I've been informed that I can't post the Dye Penetrant paper on the SMTNET library till Advanced Packaging releases the paper in their Dec. issue. You should be able to pull a copy in the next couple of weeks from their site, http://ap.pennnet.com/ho
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 25 21:49:14 EDT 2004 | davef
First, any results of pull or shear tests are unscientific at best. [We pop our BGA from boards with, appropriately enough, a beverage can opener.] Second, we have no have problems with your ENIG specification. Third, as with your customer, we'd e
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 17:01:08 EDT 2004 | Mike
Hi Guy's thank you for the Info, This is a New Assembly house that our OEM has Moved to and they have not been very open in discussing this issue other than they are telling us this is board related. I have ask for samples of faild product with th
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 30 20:06:55 EST 2001 | aortiz
Maybe there's no test and I don't know where or why my customer came with that requirement (I think because in one of the board shipments he got a board were a smd resistor broke, but I think that happened because miss handling), but anyway I need so