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OSP and SIR

Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 21 10:26:08 EDT 2002 | stownsend

We are using OSP coated boards and no-clean solder paste. In a few instances, we are seeing increased distortion in an audio circuit. Has anybody seen or heard of surface insulation resistance (SIR) decreasing after reflow on OSP boards? Is it possib

solderability and hasl thickness

Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 09 18:07:18 EDT 2003 | davef

We would be very wary of allowing 50 uinches, because this will likely result in reduced shelf life due to intermetallic growth. As a guesstimate, at least 10 uinches of that 50 uinches, and maybe more, is already intermetallic when you receive the b

solderability and hasl thickness

Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 12 09:10:23 EDT 2003 | Norm Morikawa

Around 1989 I had this probelmm with a SMT CCA that would not solder in one area consistently. I had it cross sectioned by the bare board supplier and found that under their metallurgical microscope the thickness of this HASL bare board could not be

SPC and Wave

Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 14 11:04:53 EDT 2005 | dougs

yes SPC can be used on a wave solder machine, you should use a c-chart to monitor the amount of defects per board or group of boards, this will let you know if your process is stable, as you improve your process you should re-calculate your UCL, hope

BGA and PGA

Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 29 09:10:16 EDT 2006 | davef

Ball Grid Array (BGA). A surface mount technology leadless package with the connectors to the board placed in an array on the bottom of the package. They are attached to the board with tiny balls of solder placed on each contact. Pin Grid Array (P

Placement Accuracy and CPK

Electronics Forum | Tue May 22 16:07:31 EDT 2007 | francitj

We are doing a field study to test the placement accuracy and calculate cpk of some machines in our plant. From previous readings, it is suggested that you buy glass board kits from Accuspec, Topline, etc. Is that the easiest/cheapest way to go abo

Solder Balls and Humidity

Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 23 16:28:14 EDT 2007 | grics

I want to get a collective opinion from the forum... I was always under the impression that Humidity at SMT can be a disaster and can cause solder balls... But what about at the Wave/Selective solder? If every board or almost every board has solder

QFN's and LGA's

Electronics Forum | Wed May 20 17:00:56 EDT 2009 | dyoungquist

We just placed a 56 pin QFN, 1 per board, on 10 boards and had zero defects. A good paste job, proper placement and a correct oven profile are the keys. If these are set up correctly, on larger runs your defects won't be zero but they should be le

Component Obsolescence and Availability

Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 31 15:53:23 EDT 2022 | stephendo

And pin outs of both. Once I saw a SOT-6 replaced with a miniSOT-6 (IIRC) The pin outs of the two parts were different. We did make an adaptor board and it wasn't too bad. We populated a panel of the adaptor boards, depanelized them and put them in t

Conveyors and bar code

Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 23 14:59:32 EDT 2006 | bill

I�ve been lurking on the forum for a while so I will take a stab at this, mainly because there is no answer I take it that you have a variety of boards being produced at the same time and are in fixtures so the conveyors don�t need to be adjusted, a


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