Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 18 14:25:51 EDT 2014 | horchak
what is the technology? Is there fine pitch, double sided, number of layers, lead free? If the pcbs are not of the highest quality you may be set up for failure with no clean process. Couple things to look at is your paste flux content versus medal
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 09 09:32:26 EDT 2001 | davef
Yes, your pallet will absorb / steal heat. It sounds like you are doing a good job in understanding the issues. Yes, the pallet could be the problem. Is this a new run that you are starting? Or has everything been OK, but recently you've begun to
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 07 14:55:41 EST 2015 | clydestrum
So I have an issue coming up that I'm not too sure how to handle. A board was designed with the wrong footprint for a 3-lead transistor in which the single-lead side has a much larger (think thermal pad for qfn) copper land than what is meant for the
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 02 16:33:35 EDT 2008 | operator
Is there some good resources (.pdfs, websites, articles) that someone can point me to regarding design for bga footprints? I need to brush up on thermal relief design for bga footprints. I got a customer whose bga lands are masking defined on top of
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 16:14:33 EST 2006 | darby
Maybe ask your customer where they got this idea from? It is possible they may have even got this idea from some white paper or article where they are trying to explain something else and show drawings with no solder between the pad and lead. It may
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 09:21:58 EST 2006 | Michael Sanders
Is anyone aware of any articles, white papers, etc., that discuss the gap between the lead and the pad after a SM joint is soldered? In particular, I am looking for a formula for that "gap" for various components.
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 09:37:39 EST 2006 | GS
Have you seen IPC-A-610 D ? regards GS
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 15:41:51 EST 2006 | realchunks
Try IPC-SM-782.
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 20:12:41 EST 2006 | davef
We don't have a gap between the lead and the pad after a SM joint is soldered. On our boards, this space is filled with the solder intended to attach the component to the board. How high do components sit above the surface of a board? Most people a
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 05 03:52:11 EDT 1999 | Brian
| We've noticed that there are many different recommendations for pad sizes for various SMT parts. This seems to vary wildly from manufacturer to manufacturer for the same case sizes. Is there any standards that can used used to specify these sizes
