Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 14 09:01:36 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 15 15:13:50 EST 1998 | justin medernach
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 09 16:41:12 EDT 2001 | johnw
Dave , you know it's your cheery disposoition I love.... Ok so the process: Process is Double sided reflow for SMT & PTH via the wave. Like I said or did I, I forget and can't check back...it's a spray fluxer with noclean mutlicore NR3s-06 water b
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 11 17:44:30 EDT 2001 | aaelect
OK, OK. 672 ball BGA. The pcbs are PC Card bus size and are .015 thick. There are 3 on a panel with about 1/2" between and rails. The aluminum plates are about 3" by 7". There are 3 cutouts which allow for the parts from either side to protrude du
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 11 22:25:50 EDT 2001 | davef
Bruce I�m with yall. Designers and fabricators say �pins�. You say: * BGA pins are 1mm [0.039�] pitch. * BGA pads are 0.4mm [0.0157�] diameter. * BGA pins are 0.6 mm [0.024�] side-to-side. * Board thickness is ~0.4 mm [0.015�] First, as you can
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 10 04:15:01 EST 2001 | Beny
Thanks for your advise Now I don't found Non-wetting defect at TIN COATED 0603 after I had increased peak temp and Time above 183 C. At film caps, I still found Non-wetting in high rate at film chip size 2416. I using PANASONIC's part with identif
Electronics Forum | Fri May 03 18:55:41 EDT 2002 | davef
Interesting situation. Everything [ie, intermetallic compounds, solderability, etc] is speculative without knowing more about the materials of: * Leads. * Solderability protection. ... because suppliers use a fairly wide of materials. Your suppl
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 17:16:16 EDT 2002 | davef
Russ makes a good point. While your profile probably meets your paste supplier recommendations, it may not be proper for the component. * Paste suppliers offer general recommendations for tin / lead interconnects. You need to modify that for board
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 26 20:43:51 EDT 2002 | davef
"OK. If the connection doesn't look like I expect it to look, how do I know that the metallurgy is correct?" Comments are: * There are no pictures that will get you though this. * You should expect that gold that is dissolved in Pb/Sn solder to make
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 18 21:23:55 EDT 2002 | caldon
David- You are correct!!! DING DING DING!!!! Here is an overview from the ACI website: ACI offers solderability restoration services by using Reduced Oxide Soldering Activation (ROSA) technology to remove the oxide layers from circuit boards or comp
