Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 21:35:16 EST 2006 | Cal Kolokoy
Samir, From experience, the only board test situation where tented via's have difficulty with contact is with a Flying Probe type tester. Otherwise, for traditional ICT, the force of the pogo pins, correct probe type, and fixture design should do th
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 03 09:29:48 EST 2015 | rgduval
A couple of things that have helped me with solder ball issues at wave in the past: 1. Flux. Insure good flux coverage on the bottom of the board. 2. Preheat. Insure that the board is sufficiently preheated for the wave operation. Since you're
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 02 23:48:22 EST 2015 | vb7007
Hi We are using Universal carrier for a 2 sided PCB, where the bottom side goes for hand solder the switches after wave. Our issue is, we are getting micro solder balls all over PCB bottom after wave, whereas we got numerous vias, which also turns
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 | 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 | 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 | 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
