Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 08 17:49:05 EST 2013 | davef
First, it's a surprise that your failure analysis lab thought everything was OK with these boards. They look like shit. Second, a few years ago, there was a bunch of complaints about ENIG boards with issues similar to what you're observing. There wa
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 20 21:26:57 EDT 2014 | richardciccarone
I have seen a couple of references to Black Tar, Not Black Pad. Apparently, it occurs only on the solder side of PTH's after wave solder and primarily on the edges of the land. It is characterized by a black coloration (Not Ni corrosion?) and non-wet
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 26 10:55:58 EST 2002 | davef
This could be an electroless nickel / immersion gold specification. While the symmetry of the numbers is pleasing to the eye, but as Joyce Marchand says, "It doesn't blow-up my skirts." Problems with your specification are: * Lower end of the gold
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 18 16:52:15 EDT 2002 | davef
General comments are: * First place I would look is the supplier of the pins that you are trying to install. Most suppliers that sell press fit components have done a good deal of work to qualify the component and will have all the specifications yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 14:30:36 EDT 2002 | davef
Assuming you are talking about solderable surfaces: People specify various materials to protect the solderability of the pads on the board. Gold, actually, Electroless Nickel - Immersion Gold [ENIG], is popular. * Board fabricators like it because
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 25 17:50:46 EDT 2004 | Mike
I work for a PCB Manufacture and I am looking for info on BGA Pull test or strenght test. I have a CM that is experiencing bga's with some weak joints. they are telling me that when they do their pull test the joints are breaking at the nickel inste
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 20 18:15:02 EDT 2002 | davef
Haaaaa!!!! Soldering to plastic!!!! An apt analogy!!! I like to compare it to soldering to dirt. Some thing. In fact, you are soldering on nickel, when soldering on many things. It�s just that the gold, er Pd, flash enables the wetting mechanism
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 14 07:34:33 EST 2005 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 11 18:36:03 EDT 2004 | davef
90 Knoop. Q2: Thickness is 4 to 10 u" for Au and 300 to 400 u" for nickel A2: This looks like a ENIG spec. Although, the Ni is quite heavy, 150 uin is sufficient for most applications. [IPC-4552 ENIG specification: * Gold thickness of 0.075 - 0.125
