Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 27 12:44:52 EDT 2000 | Ashok Dhawan
What could be possible resons for " Plating Crack on Barrel (tented via)" This tented via is in proximity to parts being hand soldered. The crack in barrel was detected on failure analysis - micro-section of via where barrel is having crack ( circul
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 05 07:31:29 EDT 2001 | furrer
When tenting vias almost a few vias are not covered completly by Solder Mask. Does this one side open vias affect the Immersion Tin Process ? Do we get chemical residues in the vias ?
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 11:43:09 EST 2008 | dphilbrick
I asume you're not ICT-ing this board and using the vias for test points?
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 18:05:24 EST 2008 | slthomas
Tented vias have solved problems for me in the past, but never created any. I have heard seemingly pointless discussions about whether or not the EE that designed the board designed it with filled vias in mind (a consideration of current carrying c
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 12:04:32 EST 2008 | pms
That is a correct assumption Doug.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 13:12:31 EST 2008 | dphilbrick
Just have your board house take them out of the mask layer.
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 16:49:44 EST 2008 | pms
Steve, Trying to keep wave solder from coming up the via' from the bottom and adhering to the via's and via's pads during wave. We use WS flux thru-out the whole process. I have been concerned about possible flux intrapment in the via's. That's a g
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 16:57:02 EST 2008 | flipit
If the vias are large and don't always tent, you can have your pcb supplier double mask the pcb. I do this for COB assembly sometimes because the globtop wicks through the vias and also causes air bubbles in the globtop.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 21 19:30:11 EST 2005 | Dreamsniper
Hi T2, The purpose of this is that we want to make our rework robust. Whenever we rework BGA's we have solder getting trapped into those 1 sided tented vias and bet yah...they are hard to desolder! And during BGA resoldering these trapped solder will
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 17:19:08 EST 2008 | davemn
if you are not using them for test points or want them filled with solder for current carrying capability then tent them puppies. i was able to move our company away from exposed vias many years ago and this eliminated lots of hairline shorts between
