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Evaluation of Laminates in Pb-free HASL Process and Pb-free Assembly Environment

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Evaluation of Laminates in Pb-free HASL Process and Pb-free Assembly Environment

First published in the 2012 IPC APEX EXPO technical conference proceedings.

by: Khaw Mei Ming, Andrey Lee; Agilent Technologies

An evaluation of four FR4 laminates in commonly used stack-ups was done to determine their survivability for the Pb-free HASL process followed by a worst case Pb-free manufacturing environment of 6 X reflow @ 260�C and 1 X wave @ 270�C. The work also includes a laminate compatibility study in a Pb-free hot air solder leveling (HASL) profile...

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