Electronics Forum | Tue May 26 17:29:42 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| I know, I've read the "been there done that" stories about this subject, but I still profess ignorance on some aspects. | We are using NPO type dialectric caps in potted high voltage assemblies and continue to experience catastrophic vailures. U
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 18 09:03:57 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Problem occurs because the glass transition temp for FR4 is lower than reflow temperature. Our company wrote an article which was printed in SMT magazine some years ago | that deals with this exact subject. Best way to deal with this is to use a ce
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 20:25:17 EST 2000 | Chris Wallace
Like all who post messages here, I'm looking for a little bit (well, maybe a lot of bit) of help. We're currently going through a redesign of a board which will utilize several FPGAs. The manufacturer (Xilinx) recommends using solder mask defined p
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 06 20:46:17 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Mark: An area of increasing interest to all of us. From the SMTnet "Terms & Definitions" (or whatever they call it) Globtop. Encapsulant. Encapsulating. Encapsulation. Potting. Enclosing an article in an envelope of adhesive or encapsulating co
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 27 21:00:32 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Scott: I�m not familiar with some of the things you�re talking about, but let me: * Agree with Russ & Peter regarding immersion silver. * Give some snips of information on the substrate side of things that might help you to tie this together. � FR-1
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 17 19:46:39 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Murad: Your customer is smart to be concerned about the affect of changing production processes on product reliability. Your Company is smart to inform customers and keep them in the loop about these changes. In developing your demonstration of th
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 14 11:00:38 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Mario: Your ask a very broad question and give no background information. Generally, the amount and type of residues present on a printed circuit board at the very beginning of a SMT line depends on the exposure of the board up to that point. For
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 20:25:17 EST 2000 | Chris Wallace
Like all who post messages here, I'm looking for a little bit (well, maybe a lot of bit) of help. We're currently going through a redesign of a board which will utilize several FPGAs. The manufacturer (Xilinx) recommends using solder mask defined p
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 05 12:25:01 EDT 2001 | davef
Talk about bucking the trend!!! OK, OK, I know some US military work still requires RMA. You�re both correct. Cleaning decisions for RMA fluxed boards are based on customers requirements. [Some do (clean) and some don�t.] Older US military speci
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 11 03:44:40 EDT 1999 | Brian
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