Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 15:19:56 EST 2006 | CK the Flip
Mike, dude, I feel your pain. Hearing stories like this makes my blood boil! It's almost as ridiculous as a customer who told me to put more solder paste on a MELF component to overcome noise issues - he used more solder paste as antennas to overco
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 15:10:50 EST 2006 | M. Sanders
Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of IPC-A-610 D on hand, however, I believe in IPC-610, this �floating height� between lead and pad has no maximum specification restriction. As long as there is no voiding, it is still acceptable for all 3 classes.
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 29 10:10:50 EST 2006 | M. Sanders
I'm sorry, Dave - I didn't make myself very clear. Yes, this space (not really a "gap") is filled with solid solder. For instance, if you place a gull-wing component in solder paste, after reflow, there will probably be a thin film of solidied solder
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 16:10:05 EST 2006 | Hussman
Wow, why all the anger? This gap you guys are talking about is measured as "G" in IPC/EIA J-STD-001 (Chunks was there, but she failed to read the fine print). And almost all parts that measure G follow Note 3 which states "Properly wetted fillet s
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 13 15:34:55 EDT 2005 | Amol
Hi, We are in the process of transitioning to LF production. What are some of board materials being successfully used in production? Also, what surface finishes show promice of good results with SAC 305 solder? We are currently testing multiple boar
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 07:11:10 EDT 2002 | davef
They probably the same. Most likely someone is saying immersion gold [immersion Au] as a short hand for ENIG [ Electroless Nickel - Immersion Gold]. It is very uncommon to plate gold directly on copper, because gold and copper form a brittle interm
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 18:27:03 EDT 2007 | jmelson
This is probably an inner plated layer of the component that did not bond well. It may be a component that either has the wrong surface finish for lead-free or can't handle the temperatures. Many times I have seen a similar-looking layer when the l
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 11 16:42:56 EDT 2000 | Chad Notebaert
I�m thinking �Poor intermatallic� It could be a few things. Lets start at the beginning. -Is your paste a 63/37 mixture? -Have you monitored you screen printing, Verify Solder deposition, Are you getting enough paste? -You say the solder looks like i
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 11 14:59:05 EDT 2000 | Glenn Robertson
Jeremy - What's the process flow on these modules? Are they wave soldered? What is the board finish (ENG, HASL, etc.)? Glenn Robertson
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 17 19:30:27 EDT 2000 | Boca
All of the above is good stuff. To add, I have seen this several times if the assembly is wavesoldered. Heat from the wave can partially reflow the top side SM solder joints and weaken them. To test, check joint strength before wave and then after
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