Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 11 13:28:36 EST 2002 | stepheno
We have some BGA's that don't solder very well. They weren't properly stored in regards to moisture protection. The balls look dull and rough. After reflow there seemed to be a diffinate line between the balls and the solder on the PCB's. I think
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 14:39:30 EDT 2008 | vladig
No, we didn't do the test you mentioned, but did EDS on the joints and didn't see carbon their (which would indicate the presence of any organic-based contaminant). For the customer the issue was closed and passed to the board shop. We did work with
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 19 14:08:55 EST 2008 | stepheniii
TI was leadfree before ROHS. I saw TI solderability issues over 10 years ago. The leads have paladium and need higher reflow temperatures.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 13:49:00 EST 2009 | bricke
We have been manufacturing a part using bright electrolytic tin as the finish. Our customer has been hand soldering using 63/37. They have recently switched to SN96 and have been experiencing solderability issues. We have sent samples to an outside
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 30 11:03:29 EDT 2001 | davef
Nice to have you back on SMTnet. Some of the newer folk have missed-out on the solid contributions you�ve made to the Forum. The chicken wire cleaning basket was a classic!!! [It�s a shame that the folk at SMTnet can�t recover those files.] We bu
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 25 12:33:57 EST 2008 | jdumont
We had the same issue with the INA121's a while back if im not mistaken... i believe the design was changed do to other reasons with that part and the prob went away.
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 04 13:46:09 EDT 2005 | ???
Ah....that would be consistently 'not' finding the no solders that are on the board. thanks,
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 08:04:16 EDT 2002 | nifhail
How to accessthe journal of SMT ?
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 16:37:49 EDT 2002 | davef
'Journal Of Surface Mount Technology' is published by SMTA. [Check the fine SMTnet Archives for links to SMTA.]
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 09 11:28:42 EDT 2002 | ksfacinelli
I think an image gallery would be great if it exists please let me know