Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 10:40:10 EDT 2001 | davef
First, your primary side component pads should be designed according to SM-782A, "Surface Mount design & Land Pattern Standard". Next if you did that and your secondary side component pads are the same size as your primary side components, your diff
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 09:55:47 EDT 2003 | davef
A reading of the pictures is: A1: Looks like pad [B1] is smaller than the other pads. It�s weird that the pads are such different colors. A2: Looks like pad [B1] is smaller than the other pads. Solder mask opening [B1] is misregistered and seems s
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 28 12:41:35 EDT 2000 | JAX
MoonMan, I'll take a crack at the list. Feel free to answer the ones I don't! 1. Solderability is a parameter which indicates how well a component can be soldered. As far as Solder Termination Coatings go, here are some up�s and down�s of a few. Ha
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 06:01:12 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | 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 re
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 30 09:26:04 EDT 2002 | itempea
Russ, first step would be to get IPC-7095 on BGAs. A few notes: There can be voids in solder balls, or at the solder joints to the BGA, or at the solder joints to the PCB. Various sources or reasons can be responsible for these voids. Voids can be
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 12 13:33:52 EST 2000 | justin medernach
Dross removal is dependent upon the "activity" in your solder pot and the usage of a inert or an "air" atmosphere. The more moving that agitate the solder, the more dross. Basics first and then the answers will make sense. What is dross? Oxidatio
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 25 21:59:44 EST 2000 | Dave F
Michael: On reliabiliity, consider that: � IPC-SM-782, "Surface Mount Design And Land Pattern Standard" and IPC-D-279, "Design Guidelines for Reliable Surface Mount Technology Printed Board Assemblies" specifically describe via in pads as "poor des
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 11 13:05:51 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | Folk's, | | | | I'm just tying up some loose end's on my Master's Thesis on solderballing @ wave soldering and the effect the topography of the mask / PCB has on it. | | I was wanting to do a straw poll on you guy's as to the type of resist's yo
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 09 10:34:02 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| I am wave soldering a single sided through hole PCB array with (6) .040" round diameter pins that sit .5" off the PCB, and .080" apart. The problem being experienced is that solderballs are appearing on the end of the pins. I have tried decreasin
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 11 15:48:54 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| We are using a mixed technology process with mostly through-hole parts plus some SMT IC's on the component side and some passive SMT parts on the solder side. We do not have a proper wave soldering machine for doing solder side SMT (double wave or
