Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 23:12:48 EDT 2021 | grahamcooper22
0.66 area aspect ratio...so for example...if the device is 0.5mm pitch QFP, the pcb pad may be 12 thou wide..make the aperture 9 to 10 thou wide...and reduce it's length by 10 % overall compared to the pcb pad.... Depending on device pitch, select ap
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 01 08:35:18 EST 2002 | gregers
PWB shelf life: HASL---3mth ENTEK-- 2mth Before using expired PWB, it is suggested to go thru HASL or ENTEK angain. Ask your VDR to serve this. Re immersion Au, mostly when the thickness under 3u"(micro pores present), the surface gold will serve a
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 23 09:38:52 EST 2011 | blnorman
More agreement with screen print adhesives. Back in a former life time we did do pin transfer on one of our product lines. If you had to go with pins, make sure your adhesive rheology is suited for it. Different adhesives are designed for specific
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 18 13:55:12 EST 2022 | cbart
One thing to think about is keeping the machine running! the biggest thing I would be looking at or into is availability of spare parts and tech support. Call the equipment manufactures and see if they are still supporting the machines, both with tec
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 06 10:28:58 EST 2018 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 01 11:35:24 EST 1998 | Big Manny
I've had some field reliability and Accelerated Life Test (ALT) issues with BGAs on Entek coated Cu. > The best results so far are with Atotech coated Gold electroplate finish. > Solderability, for factory process, seems to be as described by Justin
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 15 23:58:01 EST 1998 | Phill Hunter
| | I am having a problem with Entek coated boards. The solder past seem to just ball up on the pads. I had no problems with the board when it was hot air leveled. The board is double sided surface mount. I have tried adjusting the oven profiles m
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 11 11:05:06 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| I am having a problem with Entek coated boards. The solder past seem to just ball up on the pads. I had no problems with the board when it was hot air leveled. The board is double sided surface mount. I have tried adjusting the oven profiles mak
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 11:51:28 EDT 2002 | philclegg
Has anyone had experience using Copper Passivate coated PWB's, our supplier calls them "flux coated" but as it's an Organic finish is it handled the same as Entek and where can I get details about it?. I have used Entek CU56 & Entek Plus coated PWB's
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 05 21:14:10 EDT 2001 | davef
You aren't going to post our stuff on your "Hey, I'm the wizard site", are you? Board fab, Pad coatings, OSP 1 OSPs: Imidazole (Via Systems) is good. Entek (Enthone) works, but requires strict thickness control in fab. 2 Enthone CU56 allows one t
