Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 04 19:49:05 EDT 2004 | indy
Hello Everyone, We are having some problem with Palladium-Silver surface finish. We have ceramic components with the above surface finish. When we try to assemble these on Sn/Pb solder, we are observing open joints. If we reflow the compt for more t
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 13 10:24:52 EST 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Jack, I once tried this finish ( without changing any process parameters ) and encountered wetting problems even in the first reflow process. It was thought as cheaper alternative to Ni/Au we use for planarity reasons. Heard of the same problems
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 15 08:00:57 EST 2000 | Pete B
John, We regularly wave solder electroless silver finished boards (Alpha Level)with mixed SMD and through hole parts and do not have any problems. We have changed a number on PCB's from HASL to electroless silver, mainly for the benefits at SMD whe
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 10:14:04 EST 2000 | PeteB
Jacqueline, Asuming you mean immersion silver: Advantages - Very flat finish compared to HASL, more easily solderable than bare copper with OSP and more process tolerant than this in our experience, reasonable shelf life, cheaper than immersion gol
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 15 03:35:10 EST 2000 | JohnW
Dave...think you've gone off on one again..., but if you want th secret family recipe for Haggis let me know....actually catch one 1st then I'll tell you how to cook it! Ok so we've got mixed opinion's on the silver then, and mostly based round SMD.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 24 13:20:24 EDT 2000 | Murad Kurwa
One of our divisions is having this problem: - De-wetting on the smt pads and componenent termination on the bottom side after top side procssed through reflow. Board finish is immersion silver. ? Any recommendation on what we should check & verify
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 10 17:44:48 EST 2000 | Dave F
In response to your questions: Is the embrittlement from excess gold in lead / tin solder connections bad? It can be vereeee bad. Does it affect all plating processes the same? Give us a break and read the SMTnet Archives, for instance: BGA prob
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 05 20:52:51 EDT 2006 | davef
If you let the silver content of your solder connections get much above 3 percent, it could cause reliabilitility problems, similar to the problems caused when the gold content gets too high.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 00:26:46 EDT 2002 | craigj
Are currently investigating a change of solder paste for various reasons and are considering a move from 63/37 to using 2% silver solder paste for increased long term reliabilty of solder joints with gold finish PCBs and to further reduce reflow temp
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 07:02:11 EST 2007 | CL
ASIR, Findings for us so far: OSP- has worked well for us for single sided boards only. We have seen problems with using it on double sided reflow applications. Also, some customers have specified OSP, but are intolerant of exposed copper. Limited
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