Electronics Forum | Tue May 20 07:55:27 EDT 2014 | andrzej
Hi, I am facing an issue with PB-free HAL on our boards (270 pcs of 800pcs lot). I look for a root couse for this issue and I guess it is strongly related with PCB manufacturing process. In attachment you can see PCB with dark pads. They turned grey
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 04:22:39 EDT 2014 | andrzej
Thanks Hege. I've done some research and this might be the root couse: 1. Too thin HAL layer which leads to formation intermetallic Cu-Sn layers on surface after 1-st reflow (most probably) 2. Poor quality of solder for HAL process. 3. Problem
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 09:27:37 EDT 2014 | emeto
Hello, these pads look so clean.....I am not sure you had a good solder connection there. I would check the following. 1. Is the part RoHS in a lead process 2. X -ray boards after reflow(I assume you will see head in pillow) 3. Check for board con
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 23:45:38 EDT 2014 | edriansyah
Hi Evtimov. 1. yes both part and the process are lead free/RoHS 2. I ever did X-ray, the balls shape are good and I dont see any evident of head in pillow (but my x-ray machine is not too good) Head in pillow was also my first suspect. but after the
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 23:58:48 EDT 2014 | edriansyah
Hi Hege. I was not also too confident with the black pad (coz no black residue on the remaining pad). But based on my search on the internet regarding black pad. Most of them shows a very clean BGA Pad after peel off the BGA as the picture reference
Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 08:17:22 EDT 2014 | emeto
Edri, if the profile is good for this part and everything else on the board looks fine, I would focus all my attention to the part. How is it packaged? How is it handled? Moisture sensitive - prebake if needed.If nothing helps, try another batch or
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 19:59:26 EDT 2014 | jhaye
hi everyone, I just got some question with regards to the life span of components from the date it was packed from supplier. Does the parts more than 2 years from the date it was process by supplier: 1. Can it still be used in PCBA?? 2. will it not
Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 22:06:24 EDT 2014 | proy
Hi You might want to join and post this on my Yahoo Assembleon users group, it is new so we only have 6 or so members, but as it grows it will be more and more useful. My 2c worth is that a sapphire might be kind of old and problematic for support
Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 14:48:45 EDT 2014 | olek
On one of our designs, we use LEDs Lite-On/LTST-S110TB (SMD). PCB footprint was designed according to manufacturer's recommendations. However, our vendor has problems with assembling these parts. Some parts are tilted, other have bad solder joints or
Electronics Forum | Fri May 30 20:03:14 EDT 2014 | hegemon
Starting with the manufacturers layout is a good start. Tilted parts, bad solder joints, sounds like a wetting issue and the board or the parts. Insufficient solder sounds like the printing process needs some attention. We have used this part in th
