Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 12 00:23:02 EDT 2010 | leadthree
I had cracking caps from the ICT and a variation in the length of the probes (due to wear and tear) that press down the PCB. That put lots of mechanical stress on the PCB. So have also a close look at the ICT, or another other test fixtures you use.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 19:09:52 EDT 2010 | rway
A couple of things: Does the cap break if you try to remove it with hot air? If not, than you are breaking the caps do to mechanical stress. We have had similar issues. I don't think your board is suffering from mechanical stress from depaneling o
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 07 08:34:46 EST 2005 | Dougs
we are still looking into possible causes, we have rigged up a test to determine whether the cap is cracked and have ran a controlled batch off of SMT, these were all tested and look OK. I'm looking into buying some small strain gages to place over
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 02 08:51:25 EST 2005 | Dougs
we have a capacitor cracking on one of our boards, there are four of the same cap on the board and only one cracks, we are seeing about 6% of the component cracking. it's not near the edges of the board and he board is 2.4mm thick so i dont think it
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 19 08:32:49 EDT 2010 | davef
Please describe the location and appearance of the crack
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 21 12:02:36 EDT 2010 | roland_grenier
check your de-panelling process if you are using break-out tabs or V scoring.
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 27 22:25:51 EDT 2010 | leadthree
*** silly question deleted, there are no 100nF NPO ***
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 23 08:47:32 EDT 2010 | mun4o
Hi, about location - components are in the diferent location on PCB.In the one PCB have 7 cap 560pF 0603 , and some of thenm are cracked, another are OK. When I look at 20x microscope , I can't see defect, but ICT measure from 200 to 350pf.When hea
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 25 09:18:23 EDT 2010 | flipit
Thanks, Dennis. That is a good idea, but I > have problem :) - our logistic department lookig > for cheap components...What other mnfg of cap you > use? Regards, The capacitor dielectric material might be something you could look at also. COG,
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 24 09:28:13 EDT 2015 | rgduval
No direct experience with this particular issue....but, I do know that measuring capacitance can be tricky. How are you arriving at this conclusion? Are you measuring the caps on the bench before assembly, and then on the boards post assembly? Cap
