Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 31 18:59:55 EDT 2000 | Brian W.
Our customers use OSP, HASL, immersion tin and immersion gold as board finishes. If I recommend a finish to the customer, it is one of the immersion finishes or OSP. Those finishes have the advantage of a flat surface to deposit paste. HASL has va
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 00:16:24 EDT 2006 | Gman
Hello, Has anyone had issues with voiding while using Imm Silver PCB finish. Does thickness of silver, contamination of the plating bath or other factors if you come point out cause voids due to the plating.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 07:15:37 EDT 2006 | amol_kane
do you mean microvoids or macrovoids??
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 12:12:05 EDT 2006 | GMan
Yes it does seem like a plating issue and analysis is being done. Thank you for your inputs.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 28 02:29:48 EDT 2006 | Loco
Wow, great article there mike! Thanks for digging it up for us! Kind regards, Loco.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 17:47:05 EDT 2006 | davef
First, we expect voiding in imm silver to be similar to ENIG. We expect more voiding in OSP than other common solderability protection. Second, choosing a solder paste, which does not contain resins and activators that decompose at higher temperatu
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 23 10:22:40 EDT 2008 | kumaravelu
Is there any specific method or product available to implement FIFO system. Currently we stack all the D/C in a shelf and we don't have a method to pull the latest D/D first. I would appreciate any help in this regard. Sundaram
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 26 23:33:20 EDT 2006 | KEN
We saw this condition over 3 years ago. It sometimes is called "champagne bubbles". The intemetalic formation is interrupted due to the micro voiding reducing mechanical strength. I discovered this on lead free test vehicles for a major computer
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 09 18:07:18 EDT 2003 | davef
We would be very wary of allowing 50 uinches, because this will likely result in reduced shelf life due to intermetallic growth. As a guesstimate, at least 10 uinches of that 50 uinches, and maybe more, is already intermetallic when you receive the b
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 10:05:13 EST 2006 | davef
There's a lots comparisons like this on the web. Here's one: Westwood Associates said on 8/12/2003: ||HASL||OSP||ENIG||Pd||Tin||Silver Flat||no||yes||yes||yes||yes||yes Solderjoint||Cu-Sn||Cu-Sn||Ni-Sn||Ni-Sn||Cu-Sn||Cu-Sn Contact||E-test, ICT||no|
