Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 17:08:32 EDT 2004 | dave
Congratulations on your new customer. This could be a keeper. Here's what you're familiar with: Electroless Nickel - per MIL-C-26074 and ASTM-B733. Electroless nickel describes the plating of nickel deposits, which may contain phosphorus and boro
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 13:10:39 EDT 2003 | slthomas
I snapped a board in half at a cracked solder joint, and the component pulled free of the solder and still has a very thin layer of metal on the termination end. Based on the construction spec.(solder over nickel over palladium), it looks like it
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 02 19:04:53 EDT 2006 | DC
We had a issue on the SBGA and found stress built up at the corner of the SBGA after cool down to room temperature. It is confirmed by the warpage analysis. I expected that the stress caused by the heat spreader and the epoxy to the copper frame. O
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 08:26:51 EST 2002 | davef
You are correct. The gold dissolves in the solder. The gold is meant to protect the nickel from oxidizing, so that you can solder to the nickel. Obviously that didn�t work as planned. Your background information is very sparse. Two things come
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 15 19:41:38 EST 2001 | davef
What do you mean by "But after performing temperature cycle test, the former aging rate (from the shear strength ) seems faster than the latter."? Comments are: I can't recall having heard the term "precipitation hardness" [not that that means anyt
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 07 10:51:53 EST 2003 | dphilbrick
Another value add of N2 is when you are running a gold over nickel process it is recommended that you reach a peak of 220c instead of 215 when running in air. When you add N2 you can maintain that 215 number with the same results. If you look at your
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 24 18:08:02 EDT 2001 | davef
1- DF1: WOW!!! How do people get these cool toys? CB: I am with the University at Buffalo Electronic Packaging Lab. http://www.packaging.buffalo.edu We have pretty much everything that is sold on the market as well as Laser inspection technologies we
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 17 20:48:14 EST 2001 | davef
We find that the raw BGA's pad sheared surface has the SnPb solder at various Z heights whereas the assembled BGAs pad leave a smooth layer of SnPb along the pad. Like to understand the cause for the difference. Who could guess? Solder joint streng
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 30 01:07:34 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| I am a recently graduated Process Engineer. I am working for a company developing and manufacturing printed circuit boards. I am looking for a web link, magazine article, book, etc which describes the processes which happen at a board house. More s
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 11 09:45:39 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| I'm very familiar with the great board space savings of BGA and all the "claims to fame." However, can someone out there tell me if any concern exist in the inspection realm. Additionally, solder cracking, CTE/TCE mismatches, no leads for stress re
