Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 08 17:58:44 EST 1999 | Dave F
Dave: You should see a solder smudge on the gold plating where the ball was attached, if there is (was) solder reflow during either the (1) BGA fabrication, (2) your BGA attach, and / or (3) your BGA removal. You rework will not remove the solder
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 29 16:17:43 EST 1999 | Curtis T.
Are these blades coated with something like PTFE (teflon)? If so does the coating flake off over time. Incidently I just got a pice quote and they are 4.5X that of our standard MPM nickel plated spring steel, so I wanted to make sure they would last
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 17 09:02:57 EST 1999 | Dave F
John: The 180 Tg point is a sweet spot for obtaining heat resistance, cost effectivly. These high technology boards provide good thermal resistance for wire bonding, direct chip attach, and BGA mounting and rework. Since these boards are harder th
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 18:39:06 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Assuming that you are going to solder them into a board rather than socket them, yes. The thickness of the gold plating in this application will usually make up a large enough percentage of the total joint to threaten enbrittlement. Use a small sol
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 09 11:32:32 EST 1999 | Dave F
Wolfgang: "Our desire is to get what we design" ... Wanting to get what you ask for ... ummm sounds like a risky proposition!!! ;-) Two things: 1 Go to the Hadco site and get their "boiler-plate." Use it and some of the Earl Moon specs in the SMTn
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 29 10:02:28 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
Chris A lot of people have reported sudden, fab lot related problems with Ni/Au pads. These are usually characterized by a discoloration of the gold and called cheerful names like "black pad disease". This can be a process problem at your fab house
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 14:26:28 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
A paint might be pretty but it won't do anything but bad for your fingers. What dave is suggesting that you run a search for is actually a spot re-plating process that you can perform with little mess or fuss. But really, find out why it happened a
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 08 21:21:21 EDT 1999 | John
Although I can specify it, is ther a way I can test in test (in house)to be sure it's as specified? I don't need it now. I'm thinking of when I will need it. Thanks, John | | Hi, | | | | Does anybody know what is the minimum gold plating thickn
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 22:48:07 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Can someone help me find info on gold repair? I know it can be done, but I need to know how expensive it is, etc. | Paul: The following seel gold finger repair kits, in-case you haven't had your dose of heavy metals: Hunter Products 792 Partridg
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 17:22:16 EDT 1999 | DaveJ
We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a recomm
