Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 10 11:47:44 EDT 2009 | mikesewell
The adhesive should be a dielectric (insulator) by design, if not it could possibly short across leads of the very parts it's intended to secure. It normally isn't a concern - what is the surface resistance of your soldermask, bodies of ICs, ...etc.
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 08 11:15:32 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Mike, | | | | Got your message and those of others concerning PCB fab supplier evaluation and qualification check lists, etc. I have a severe problem here in WI as I can hardly access the internet, and when I do it is cut off abruptly for no goo
Technical Library | 2016-09-08 16:27:49.0
In this investigation a test matrix was completed utilizing 900 electrodes (small circuit board with parallel copper traces on FR-4 with LPI soldermask at 6, 10 and 50 mil spacing): 12 ionic contaminants were applied in five concentrations to three different spaced electrodes with five replicas each (three different bare copper trace spacing / five replications of each with five levels of ionic concentration). The investigation was to assess the electrical response under controlled heat and humidity conditions of the known applied contamination to electrodes, using the IPC SIR (surface insulation resistance) J-STD 001 limits and determine at what level of contamination and spacing the ionic / organic residue has a failing effect on SIR.
