Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 19 02:45:31 EDT 1999 | Brian Sloth Bentzen
| | We process both tin/lead plated boards and gold plated boards in our surface mount group. I have used Sn62/Pb36/Ag2 solder paste on all gold plated boards to help prevent gold scavaging. To reduce the amount of different solder pastes we have t
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 02 00:08:39 EDT 2002 | praveen
Hi, We are using chip components with Silver Paladium coating and finding poor wetting. We are using the water wash solder paste with 2Ag and std. reflow profile. Any suggestion how to improve the solder wetting for those components. Thanks,
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 26 10:06:35 EST 2003 | bing
Try TI's website. They have almost completely phased in the use of Paladium on all of their IC's. Their website has many useful technical papers on Paladium.
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 29 22:50:41 EDT 1999 | Kelly Morris
Tombstoning 0805s w/palladium/platinum/silver terminations We are experiencing tombstoning problems on 0805 packages that have paladium/platinum/silver terminations. It comes & goes...... I�ve checked the reflow profile, and paste deposition and a
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 13 08:53:46 EDT 2002 | greenman
TI found an improvement in solderability on their Ni/Pd lead-finishes by using inert (nitrogen) reflow, but this is an expensive operation for just one part.
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 19 21:07:42 EST 2003 | Dumb Blonde
This may sound weird, however, I have to ask... what is pladium? I have a jeweler trying to sell me a ring made with pladium. Why can I not find information on it? Will someone please email me with information.
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 02 16:28:57 EDT 2008 | jlawson
Also plating type can be an issue have seen trouble with silver paladium parts made be EPCOS (Varistors) in past in LF soldering....
Electronics Forum | Mon May 03 09:42:45 EDT 1999 | Mike McMonagle
| Tombstoning 0805s w/palladium/platinum/silver terminations | | We are experiencing tombstoning problems on 0805 packages that have paladium/platinum/silver terminations. It comes & goes...... | | I�ve checked the reflow profile, and paste deposi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 19 11:53:01 EDT 2000 | Chris
I am looking for a vendor who can supply me with Pd/Ag Paladium Silver terminated 0402 capacitors in a wide range of values. Thanks in advance, Chris
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 04 19:32:16 EDT 2004 | indy
What is the most popular PCB finish for lead-free soldering ? We are using ENIG and trying out Paladium-Silver. Are tin whiskers an issue for anyone ? tin whiskering becomes a big issue if you have any military company as your client. They still p
