Electronics Forum | Fri May 28 17:44:51 EDT 1999 | Glenn Robertson
| I discovered that we have some gold plated (30 mico in.) through hole connectors which were Paste In Hole soldered (60 sec at reflow) on a HASL PCB. Do we have an embrittlement reliability issue? The calculated volume % of gold in the joints is abo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 08 23:04:26 EDT 2022 | SMTA-64387544
Au thickness of 0.125 um should not cause solder joint embrittlement. Also, PCB fab should offer Au thickness range between 0.05-0.075 um for better process control and reliability. Higher Au thickness may suggest black pads leading to solder joints
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 20:17:09 EDT 2022 | SMTA-64387182
Understood, Thanks, Joe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 02 14:23:36 EDT 2022 | SMTA-64387182
We are designing a new PCB that will include a 0.4 mm WLCSP IC package. The OEM’s application-note for this package states ENIG; Au
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 03 15:19:32 EDT 2022 | dwl
I don't recall thicknesses off the top of my head but brittleness becomes an issue more for gold plating then ENIG. .125 um should be fine. also, gold ain't cheap so its unlikely your PCB fab will get anywhere near the max tolerance. On the other e
Electronics Forum | Fri May 28 17:30:35 EDT 1999 | Dave Clements
I discovered that we have some gold plated (30 mico in.) through hole connectors which were Paste In Hole soldered (60 sec at reflow) on a HASL PCB. Do we have an embrittlement reliability issue? The calculated volume % of gold in the joints is about
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 06 15:50:10 EST 2006 | ajaygarg1980
Hi, We are electrodepositing Au(0.25 to 0.5 microns) on Cu & using solder ball bonding process via laser.We are getting lots of voids within the solder (not kirkendall voids). Can anyone shed some light on this problem.We are not using any flux.Pre
Electronics Forum | Wed May 05 15:31:14 EDT 2021 | edhare
0.5 to 1 micron is typically too thick and can result in gold embrittlement of the solder joint. Typical IG thickness is 0.18 microns. see https://www.semlab.com/papers/gold-embrittlement-of-solder-joints/ Ed Hare
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 12 07:42:56 EDT 2006 | brian.perry@suntroncorp.com
We are placing a gold plated device (LCC) to a NiAu PCB using a SnPb No-clean solder. We're noticing quite a bit of difficulty with reliable joints (intermittent connectivity) and if we have to rework a particular device, adjacent devices of this sa
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 07 08:11:04 EST 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Russ, there�s something I don�t understand about the measures you took. I guess that TAL means time above liquidous and shortening of that time can result in bad dissolution of the protective Au-layer. The necessary time for the Au to mix with you
