Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 04:46:11 EDT 2019 | SMTA-Rogers
Dear CW, Yes, we also tested many different brands and models of solder paste, under the same stencil design and reflow profile the condition of the voids will have great difference.
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 10:13:06 EDT 2019 | cyber_wolf
I have personally never seen a reflow profile change reduce voids. We have invited "experts" in to demonstrate this claim. They were unable to.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 04:40:21 EDT 2019 | SMTA-Rogers
Dear Steve, We already to do some DOE of reflow profile, but the optimized parameters are not help for the reduction of voids.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 01 04:27:37 EDT 2019 | gregoryyork
Increase paste volume and use ramp soak spike profiling. Reducing volume of paste often leads to entrapment. Good idea to know difference between voiding and dewetting due to contamination
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 08:36:18 EDT 2019 | solderkingchris
Hi, You can work on improving stencil design, having the perfect profile and other process improvements but it may be the paste itself letting you down. We have put a lot of work into developing our solder pastes to significantly reduce voiding. Y
Electronics Forum | Mon May 06 11:45:32 EDT 2019 | slthomas
There are quite a few papers out there on the subject. Just enter "SMT void reduction" into google or other search engine and take your pick. That said, slow ramp rates and paste volume reduction are a good place to start. Although I haven't tried i
Electronics Forum | Thu May 30 09:33:15 EDT 2019 | emeto
Contributors in order of importance: 1. PCB design - if you have large thermal pads, a grid of via holes should be created. Components with low profile will not let the gas to escape from the joint. The only way is going down. 2. Reduce paste volum
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 04:36:08 EDT 2019 | SMTA-Rogers
Dear Sr.Tech, We tried to adjust the soak time and TAL time of reflow profile, but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 10:36:38 EDT 2019 | slthomas
Probably just means you started out with an optimal profile. I suspect that not everyone does. ;) It seems like we did have some luck with profile adjustments in one instance with some QFN's with a large thermal pad. Like I said, though, the profi
Electronics Forum | Tue May 28 18:31:08 EDT 2019 | jlawson
Solder paste flux is main contributor, Lead termination chemical-oxide by products and PCB Plating-Chemicals. Reflow profile would have very limited if not no impact really unless is way off. Paste volume control and Stencil design plays a big part
