Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 10 17:50:00 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | We've recently encountered this problem where one of our .050" pitch BGA's were reflowing at the wave thus causing shorts... The board was profiled with probes stuck to a QFP solder joint, an 0603, and one of the BGA joints. There was an almost
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 06 21:06:13 EST 2000 | Dave F
Thomas: Wheeee, a 40% failure rate. Now, that make your boss chase you around the room won�t it? As you indicated, x-ray won�t do dip about helping to identifying problems [or ball cracks either]. Consider using an ERSA scope [er whatever they ca
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 24 01:38:36 EST 1998 | Chris Grendler
I need advice on a pad design which several other engineers whom I work with would like to try. I think it is an utterly crazy but I can't seem to convince them differently. My current 0402 chip pad sizes on alumina and FR4 substrates are .022"X.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 21 08:34:44 EDT 2003 | Don Bell
Blow holes/ pin holes in solder joints are the result of multiple root causes. Suggested analysis might look like this; 1) What method of solder preservation is used on the bare board. (hasl,enig, osp, etc.) HASL can leave unwanted flux residues,
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 08:26:29 EDT 2008 | davef
First, on your reflow temperature comment: The 183*C focus for reflow recipes for tin-lead solder is a falicy. If you held a recipe for tin-lead solder at 183*C peak, it would never reflow. Recipes for tin-lead solder need to be at liquidus plus 20*C
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 15:40:58 EDT 2008 | dyoungquist
I am seeing poor quality solder joints, mostly on 0402 components. The problem is that while the pad on the pcb is getting fully wetted, the solder is not flowing up the sides of the 0402 component, i.e. the 0402 lead is somewhat de-wetting. The re
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 26 10:06:19 EDT 2000 | Doug Philbrick
I have read many of the past threads on both topics and I still am not convinced I know the answer to the soldering problem we are encountering. I am hopping someone can help. I have a dense SMT board we are building and have been building for some
Electronics Forum | Fri May 14 15:03:19 EDT 1999 | lima
| | Does anyone know of any industry guidelines for the exhausting of volatiles in reflow ovens? I've seen some numbers like 1,000ppm for the oven atmosphere, but is this typical? | | | | My concern is the volatiles in my WS629 solder paste may be
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 08:30:38 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| I have a single-sided board with test vias that pass through the board. The test vias are pasted and reflowed with the SMT components on the top side. When the boards are wavesoldered, the solder coverage on the vias is spotty. Some will sold
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 09:29:01 EDT 1998 | Henry Lee
| | I have a single-sided board with test vias that pass through the board. The test vias are pasted and reflowed with the SMT components on the top side. When the boards are wavesoldered, the solder coverage on the vias is spotty. Some will so
