Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 07 15:07:50 EST 2003 | davef
YiEng, MA/NY DDave: Usually when the gold plating bath goes south, you loose solderability.
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 09 19:55:56 EST 2003 | iman
Which specific title books from under your pen, would you recommend for the avid process reader/learner? specific - talking about info/process/data wealth books, and not which books give the most royalties *grinz*
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 11 12:20:13 EST 2003 | Jim
Look at "Dave's Book Shelf" here: http://www.smtinfocus.com/bookshelf/bookshelf.html
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 07 21:10:31 EST 2003 | neil
Remember the gold is only deposited to provide an air barrier so that the nickel does not oxidise. Normally the gold is absorbed into the solder joint so that the solder forms a joint with the nickle. It is not unusual to see gold remaining on pads i
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 22:39:58 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Thanks more than you know for your honesty. Honesty adds 200-300% value in my book of all times. I am glad your problem was so easily solved, and I agree that you did the right thing by appologizing to your PCB supplier. Great, Lets move on Y
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 10:11:06 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Hi Bob, welcome Let's take this a little further. You'll also see HASL referred to as HAL and gold referred to as ENIG (electroless nickle, immersion gold. Other common surface finishes for preserving solderability include OSP(organic suface protect
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 22:34:55 EST 2003 | davef
O' Connor: Are you saying that: * You solder fine in the areas where you print paste * You solder poorly in the areas where you don't print paste Aside from that, the gold on these pads seems to be less bright than previous lots. [if that's not it
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 08 21:45:59 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi The other thing the Ni does is to create a time barrier for the underlying copper (Cu) migration into the joint. Degradation still occurs yet it is slowed significantly. Diffusion Equations under, electonic current pressures across time, are inv
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 10 15:20:41 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Well I don't have all the titles right handy, yet let me give a few places for you to check. All my books aren't exactly at my finger tips. Author: Tumalla (??spelling) He is now at Georgia Tech Author: Lasky, Seraphim Author: Ning-Cheng Lee or
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 11 13:42:07 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi As I got thinking about your problem, as you stated it, I am wondering if maybe we have some oxides or too thin of a Gold Immersion layer so that some of the underlying NI is being oxidized. The colorization that you described is what intriques m
