Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 26 09:57:21 EDT 2005 | russ
The Immersion gold is not a problem with BGAs specifically but "black pad" which can be present anywhere. The unfortunate thing with BGAs is you cannot see it. Personally I hate white tin. It is okay for single sided boards running no-clean, but c
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 20:13:05 EDT 2006 | davef
We agree with Chunks. You need to turn-up the heat [slow the conveyor] because you have significantly changed the melting point of the solder alloy by adding so much gold. Relative to ENIG you should expect: * Similarly smooth surface, possibly a l
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 14 07:34:33 EST 2005 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 25 05:16:44 EST 2016 | slavek
Hello, I want to ask on suitable temperature profile for PCBs with ENIG final surface finish. I know that it is complex question with many unknowns. When the PCB will be standard 1,5 mm 35/35 Cu and the amount of components will have any influence o
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 21 01:32:49 EST 2017 | soldertraining
Looking for advice on soldering lead free paste to a board with very heavy gold plating, In my opinion, Gold contact surfaces are often used on circuit boards with membrane switches which is a choice of technology for industrial, commercial and consu
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 04 06:26:20 EST 2009 | sachu_70
Hi Peter, The defect you observe during the second side reflow could be caused due to improper Au plating thickness in the PCB fabrication process. You can refer IPC-2221 wherein plating thicknes for ENIG mentions 0.08um to 0.23um for Immersion Gold,
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 09 16:58:30 EST 2001 | davef
Go for it!!! You were unspecific, but adding mask to a completed board could cause: * Increased paste thickness, if you have double thickness of solder mask. * Wrinkled and lifted solder mask under the component, if the solderability protection of
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 28 16:03:53 EST 2005 | Chris
I have lots of experience with thermosonic gold ball bonding. You can read the literature and you will probably find some papers that say you can do it. I have never been able to do it. We gold ball bond all day long with little problems at all bu
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 06 09:20:03 EDT 2004 | michaeljm
My department and I have been working with immersion silver on and off for about four years and we have compiled quite a bit of data for the Alpha and MacDermid immersion silver chemistries. We have not encountered any assembly or storage related is
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 02:20:47 EST 2005 | Mike_Kennedy
Grant, I dont quite understand the implications my self yet on gold deposit using FLASH or ENIG. However the important part of the gold finish is that it is kept under 3% of the total solder joint, so normally its safe. With the FLASH process it is m
