Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 14 09:41:35 EDT 2008 | davef
Q1. Do we really need to follow the IPC J-STD-001 Solder purity? A1. Yes, you should control impurities in solder. Further information: * "Allowable concentration of contaminating elements in solder: impurities are harmless unless their level goes to
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 26 14:06:33 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Jun 26, 2006 (See Comments Below) Editorial Managing the Naughty Child Mike Martel, Editor, Circuitnet I've been listening to voices on both sides of the RoHS issue and the more I hear, the more foreboding the tone becomes. Despite what some wr
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:50:49 EDT 1998 | Lou
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:47:36 EDT 1998 | Lou
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 17:30:08 EDT 2001 | davef
Step 1: Print paste on the board, skip placement, reflow the board, check solderability. Step 2: Goto Step 1. White Tin Solderability: The most common reason for solderability issues with the white tin surface coating during multiple thermal excur
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 30 11:38:05 EDT 1999 | Brian Conner
| We are wave soldering some fabs with a lot of unmasked trace area along the edges. The trace area is solid copper covered with tin / lead, no masking, no components along the edges, same on solder side and component side (goofy board design). Ins
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 28 09:37:54 EDT 1999 | Justin Medernach
| We use Immersion Gold (AuNi) for our 20 mil pitch and BGA boards. | Lately, we have been having solderability problems with boards with this surface from some of our suppliers. | | We are considering trying boards with White Tin solderable surface
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 16 11:07:53 EDT 1999 | Vic Lau
| | We process both tin/lead plated boards and gold plated boards in our surface mount group. I have used Sn62/Pb36/Ag2 solder paste on all gold plated boards to help prevent gold scavaging. To reduce the amount of different solder pastes we have t
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 14 10:53:10 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Has anyone had any experience with using this alternative plating process? Some board houses are pushing toward this plating. Is there any long term data on this process? Any problems experienced with smt and thru-hole? I've heard tin whiskers to b
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 21 03:44:04 EST 1998 | Igmar
| We are currently investigating alternatives to HASL for circuit boards with 20 mil pitch smt pads and below. If you have experience with this product or simular immersion tin products with respect to manufacturing or assembly I am very interested
