Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 10:38:34 EDT 2011 | davef
Boots: Here's several methods for guessing at the amount of solder on your connection: * First, 'Down & Dirty' ** Assume that the solder is flat, which is reasonable since it's 'flattened' by the component package ** Assume 100% paste transfer from t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 08:31:57 EDT 2011 | bootstrap
I am building a rugged digital video camera product that essentially is just a sandwitch of 3 parts: #1: front piece is machined aluminum with C-mount thread #2: middle piece is 1/16" printed circuit board #3: back piece is machined aluminum The
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 13:00:07 EST 2019 | slthomas
Excessive mask thickness also can wreak havoc on stencil printing.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 10 13:35:34 EST 2019 | scotceltic
I am looking to see what people are using for a min-max range to supply your PCB fabricators regarding solder mask thickness. I saw some points in the archives but not too much regarding what people are providing as their spec ? Any help would be a
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 11:35:15 EST 2019 | dilogic
Just out of curiosity - what is the rationale behind specifying mask thicknes?
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 12:07:33 EST 2019 | scotceltic
Our company has a spec on their current PCB dwg to make sure the fab house meets a specific thickness (min-max). The current spec reads: 13.5um min - 38.5um max. I assume it is to keep the board house honest and to make sure there is no exposed co
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 17:54:46 EDT 2003 | davef
Yes, Russ IPC-6012A w A#1 - Qualification & Performance For Rigid Printed Boards talks to solder mask requirements in 3.8. One interpretation of what it says: * Solder resist [solder mask] must meet the qualification / conformance requirements of S
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 22:15:36 EDT 2003 | davef
Tough to say. It depends on the type of solder mask, the producer of the solder mask, and your board fabricators' process. As one angle on this, solder mask type affects thickness. Minimum clearance: * Liquid photoimageable: 2 thou * Screened liq
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 12:37:18 EDT 2003 | ramanandkini
It was a nice discussion. What I did here was a thermal shock test 1 hour@ +90 deg.c and immediately 1 hour @ -40 deg.c. The second test I did was a high humudity test for a week. After each test, I carried out a peel test with scotch tape. Those bo
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 21:22:37 EDT 2003 | ramanandkini
We have a 1.6 mm thick automotive PCB board of size 35x70mm. One of our vendor has given us a batch with lesser soldermask thickness 5~8 microns. Will this affect the circuit board on a long term. What should be standard for the soldermask thickness?
