Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 04:28:30 EDT 2019 | SMTA-Rogers
Dear Steve, Thanks for your feedback in our experience add solder paste volume is better for the voids reduce of LED type components.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 01 04:27:37 EDT 2019 | gregoryyork
Increase paste volume and use ramp soak spike profiling. Reducing volume of paste often leads to entrapment. Good idea to know difference between voiding and dewetting due to contamination
Electronics Forum | Thu May 30 09:33:15 EDT 2019 | emeto
Contributors in order of importance: 1. PCB design - if you have large thermal pads, a grid of via holes should be created. Components with low profile will not let the gas to escape from the joint. The only way is going down. 2. Reduce paste volum
Electronics Forum | Tue May 28 18:31:08 EDT 2019 | jlawson
Solder paste flux is main contributor, Lead termination chemical-oxide by products and PCB Plating-Chemicals. Reflow profile would have very limited if not no impact really unless is way off. Paste volume control and Stencil design plays a big part
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 08:36:18 EDT 2019 | solderkingchris
Hi, You can work on improving stencil design, having the perfect profile and other process improvements but it may be the paste itself letting you down. We have put a lot of work into developing our solder pastes to significantly reduce voiding. Y
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 10:36:38 EDT 2019 | slthomas
Probably just means you started out with an optimal profile. I suspect that not everyone does. ;) It seems like we did have some luck with profile adjustments in one instance with some QFN's with a large thermal pad. Like I said, though, the profi
Electronics Forum | Mon May 06 11:45:32 EDT 2019 | slthomas
There are quite a few papers out there on the subject. Just enter "SMT void reduction" into google or other search engine and take your pick. That said, slow ramp rates and paste volume reduction are a good place to start. Although I haven't tried i
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 11:19:47 EST 2011 | jeddmartens
I have no knowledge into PCB designing with surface mount components, all my experience has been with through hole components. I now have to design PCBs using surface mount parts. I have a few questions I was hoping someone could answer. Can a PCB w
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 08:36:58 EST 2004 | Evtimov
Hi! What exatly you do? Do you reflow the both sides of the board at the same time or you reflow your second side? I think in both cases you should decrease you bottom zones. If you reflow both sides - with 10-20C(F) If you reflow the second side - w
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 22 19:46:17 EST 2004 | pdeuel
The bottom side is going into reflow somewhare near melting point of solder. Reduce bottom side temprature. Get a good mole so ramp and soak tempratures can be checked on bolth sides of the PCB. The object is to keep bottom side parts from approching
