Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 09 23:27:53 EST 2000 | Craig
We are considering using gold plating on our fine pitch pcbs (as oppossed to HASL). We have heard of long term solder reliability problems with joint imbrittlment how bad is this and does it apply for all of the different plating processes the same?
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 20:33:14 EST 2001 | davef
Could you be trying to find: Stevens Products 128 N. Park St E Orange, NJ 07019 973.672.2140 Ross Stevens? Dynamic Technologies (titanium cover w/ silicone jacket, pricey) Stevens makes a U-shaped strip of fiber-material that slips over gold fing
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 28 03:33:31 EST 2005 | sparrow
I would like to know if ENIG is widely used for the thermosonic gold wire bonding or this application is an exotic one. And I also wold like to talk to someone who uses printed circuits with ENIG finish for such an application. I do not quite underst
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 20 02:34:16 EST 2006 | yihui
Hi, i'm david, new to this forum. Came across your posting about using a delvotec bonder to TS bond to a ENIG pad. Given that the immersion gold layer is thin, does the capillary scrub through the gold layer to expose the underlying nickel? Does your
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 16:16:17 EST 2010 | stepheniii
My old boss bought some stuff to clean the lead off of gold fingers. At least that is what he thought it did. What it really did was remove the gold fingers. And quite well I might add. The short answer to your question is no. And if you replate mak
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 06 20:50:42 EDT 2003 | davef
Well, if it "keeps coming up", let's take a pass at keeping down. For: * Requirement that gold be removed from components, pads, etc. is J-STD-001C, 5.4.1 * Context of that requirement [J-STD-001C, 5.4.1] and 6 or 7 references are in IPC-HDBK-001.
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 17 22:50:20 EDT 2000 | Sartor
I am looking for a solution for gold finger cleaning and repairing.Can anyone recommend good solution(s)?Also,can anyone recommend a good flux paste source(s)?Thanks.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 12:07:24 EST 2000 | Tony Nirchi
Gold finger connector over a wave solder, what would be the best way to protect the fingers from solder.This is a high volume job.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 16:29:49 EDT 1999 | Charles Morris
We are currently assemblying several different board type with gold plated lands with varying results. Can any of you that has successful experience in this area give me some pointers. What paste do you use? Do you use the recommended reflow profi
Electronics Forum | Mon May 12 22:40:19 EDT 2003 | nyazga
I have always heard to use solder with 2 percent silver to reduce gold embrittlment. One vendor site said this is a myth. Does anyone know of a specific document recommending this such as IPC or MIL spec. ???
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