Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 18:00:55 EDT 2013 | hegemon
With regards to first picture.(Large themal vias) I would attempt to measure the area of the ground pad, less the area of the "drain" holes or Thermal Vias. From that result I would reduce the aperture to account for about 50% coverage of that remai
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 15:28:52 EST 2010 | cbart
did the boards get built by hand or via smt process (through reflow oven)? Someone asked earlier if some one touched up the adjacent joint. The answer to that question is yes. Look at how the solder tails off the smt pad away from that joint! I suspe
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 27 12:44:52 EDT 2000 | Ashok Dhawan
What could be possible resons for " Plating Crack on Barrel (tented via)" This tented via is in proximity to parts being hand soldered. The crack in barrel was detected on failure analysis - micro-section of via where barrel is having crack ( circul
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 11 03:14:03 EDT 2010 | muarty
Thanks Dax, We currently employ a stencil aperture design pretty much similar to that you describe. And you are correct in what you say about the thermal demands almost dictating the allowable voiding level. We have suggested to our customer that th
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 16:38:21 EST 1998 | Steve Joy
We have successfully put .016" vias in .030" pads. There is no issue with .030" solder balls, since the actual volume of the .002" via in pad is small compared to the ball+solder paste volume. We did notice random bubbles where, apparently, the sol
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 19:41:01 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| We have successfully put .016" vias in .030" pads. | There is no drain off with .030" solder balls, since | the actual volume in the .002" depression is low. | We did notice random bubbles where, apparently, the | solder reflowed and trapped the a
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 31 11:08:12 EST 2002 | soupatech
Being very new to SMT I won't assume I know what the problem is but.... I had lots of air pockets in solder joints, 95% of the boards. Everyone I spoke to thought it was a problem with my process but when one board was sent to our supplier they admi
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 04 12:22:12 EDT 1998 | John Allan
| | | Hello: | | | BACKGROUD: SMT components soldered on the top-side of boards that also require wave soldering have the potential to reflow during wave soldering. Reflowing these components during wave soldering is not good. It can cause cold jo
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 17 16:27:02 EST 2002 | davef
I�m not clear on the problem. What I get: * Your fabricator did not deliver the product that you asked for in your purchase order. * Pad. Land. A portion of a conductive pattern used as a termination area. Metal surrounding a hole on a printed ci
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 16:36:10 EST 1998 | Steve Joy
We have successfully put .016" vias in .030" pads. There is no drain off with .030" solder balls, since the actual volume in the .002" depression is low. We did notice random bubbles where, apparently, the solder reflowed and trapped the air in the
