Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 20:50:37 EDT 2001 | davef
One possible reason no one brought-up "too much paste" is that suggestion has been proffered so many times that it�s in the archives like the layers of sediment making-up Kataden. Another thing [we can argue about this], using home plate apertures w
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 20 17:09:10 EDT 2001 | davef
Circuits Assembly magazine 09/99 "Defluxing with Ultrasonics" by Les Hymes. [There's more but I can't find it right now. I'll add to this as I find the junk, er very nice stuff.] J-STD-001C states that its OK to use ultrasonics for cleaning so lon
Electronics Forum | Tue May 11 15:52:03 EDT 2004 | Erhan
It's been 10 years since I started to use this editing method but never knew that it was called wendy-house style. :-) This is most probably the answer you're looking for if you're only having problems around the 1206 types. For QFPs, I used to redu
Electronics Forum | Wed May 12 07:53:28 EDT 2004 | solderpro
Lets make it easy on the poor guy, some are correct, check you profile but remember one thing most do not apply, it is important to match the type of paste you are using with the style of oven and configuration. send a direct email and I will give so
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 21:29:03 EDT 2001 | davef
Cleaning RMA with water is bad news. It will turn your solder connections white and remove none of the RMA residues. There was a thread on removing RMA within the past two weeks on SMTnet. Check the fine SMTnet Archives. Additionally, look at M
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 17 15:13:53 EDT 2001 | mparker
Dave - I agree that the U shape for QFP's sounds a bit whacked, for the reasons you state. It may work OK for larger pitchs but then again there are a myriad of fixes that work before resorting to U shapes. With the U shape removing paste from under
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 21:25:26 EDT 2001 | davef
Sure, use of U-shape apertures is another way to reduce the amount of paste that you apply. That and similar schemes mentioned in the article are not a function of the flux used. We have used U-shaped apertures for MELF and mini-MELF. They are sug
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 29 11:05:10 EDT 2005 | foresiteeric
davef: I am a colleague of Sara at Foresite and we came to the conclusion that the solder balls were entrapped based on the minimal amount of information from the original question and the fact that the x-ray showed the balls and it wasn't mentioned
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 26 17:27:48 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Hello there, Most probably, since the solder balls are entrapped, it is a process indicator, but refer to IPC 610-6.5.3.1 on Excess solder / solder balls / splashes - it really depends on what class you are manufacturing, and the minimum electrical c
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 08:01:48 EDT 1999 | JohnW
Gee Dave That's the first time I've ever seen myself listed for a quote! Brian, what your saying is on the whole right, on the surface of it the mask, as long as it's cured properlay shouldn't make a difference but I have to say that I've found so f