Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 03:20:13 EDT 2000 | heccles
What would be a typical thermal test regime to verify the quality of solder joints for high specification applications - what would be the specific benefits of utilizing a "HALT" process over other traditional test techniques ?
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 09:10:30 EDT 2000 | ptvianc
I am not familiar with the "HALT" terminology. Do you mean HAST testing? As for thermal fatigue, the most severe conditions are typically those cited for military and/or satellite applications. There are several temperature ranges that are used to
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 25 03:51:04 EST 2000 | carsonho
HALT is an approach to stimulate a failure till its existence. It is mainly used during product design and development phase. Traditional tests are mainly used to prove "no" failure but HALT is to make failure for information to improve in design of
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 20:27:07 EDT 1998 | Jean-Paul Clech
| I am currently involved in a reliability project related to SMT QFP and TSSOP fine pitch solder joint reliability. I have decided to use a temp chamber for stress testing. Is there a test standard that covers this? I am also a bit unsre as to wheth
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 17 19:23:05 EST 2023 | SMTA-64387083
Read the articles everyone else recommend. I haven't read of them but I will say this. A Solder Mask Defined pad is a copper flood that has much more thermal mass than a Non-Solder Mask Defined pad so it will heat and cool at a slower rate. I suspect
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 28 09:38:14 EDT 2012 | 14367
PSMN130-200D MOSFET TRANSISTOR D2PAK - failure of some parts led to investigation, oxidization or surface contamination was noticed on remaining parts. The surface contamination could be removed when fingernail was drawn over the bottom terminating s
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 28 09:38:20 EDT 2012 | 14367
PSMN130-200D MOSFET TRANSISTOR D2PAK - failure of some parts led to investigation, oxidization or surface contamination was noticed on remaining parts. The surface contamination could be removed when fingernail was drawn over the bottom terminating s
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 09 14:02:29 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | I am currently involved in a reliability project related to SMT QFP and TSSOP fine pitch solder joint reliability. I have decided to use a temp chamber for stress testing. Is there a test standard that covers this? I am also a bit unsre as to whe
Electronics Forum | Mon May 12 15:08:53 EDT 2014 | davef
I've never used SAC405. Not for nothing ... Other low temperature solder alloys that you should consider are: * Sn42/Bi58 [138*C]: Alloy for low temperature applications. Attention should be paid to potential embrittlement issues and poor thermal fa
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 08:21:05 EDT 2010 | esca
Hi manchella, After ATC test, two different failure modes can be present: solder FATIGUE (into bulk) or BRITTLE INTERMETALLIC fracture. So, first you have to verify this. Moreover, which brand of SMT paste have you used ? The crack into solder joint
