Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 11:31:17 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Matt solder mask finishes gives the widest process window in view of potential amount of residues when using No-Clean. Shiny (glass like) finishes are more sensitive to residues due to lower surface area compared to matt finish. If the shiny finish i
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 18:00:55 EDT 2013 | hegemon
With regards to first picture.(Large themal vias) I would attempt to measure the area of the ground pad, less the area of the "drain" holes or Thermal Vias. From that result I would reduce the aperture to account for about 50% coverage of that remai
Electronics Forum | Wed May 22 19:10:47 EDT 2013 | anvil1021
We do a lot of these devices and I guess I am not familiar the term "Dry Solder". The QFN device is not designed to have a drain hole, but needs to have thermal vias to control heat in most cases. We have used every possible gnd pad design and modifi
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 23 13:21:03 EST 1998 | Gary Simbulan
Gary, Paladium Leads have been a win-lose proposition as far as I can tell. The vendors win because they don't have to deal with lead and get higher yields. The users lose because of extra engineering time involved with incorporating this on their
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 02 00:08:39 EDT 2002 | praveen
Hi, We are using chip components with Silver Paladium coating and finding poor wetting. We are using the water wash solder paste with 2Ag and std. reflow profile. Any suggestion how to improve the solder wetting for those components. Thanks,
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 23 13:25:21 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
Steve - you must not work to IPC class 2 or 3 requirements. If the solder is "pillowed" around the lead, I would strongly suspect a wetting problem. Most of the Paladium leads I see soldered have a strong line of demarcation but no pillowing. Hav
Electronics Forum | Mon May 03 09:42:45 EDT 1999 | Mike McMonagle
| Tombstoning 0805s w/palladium/platinum/silver terminations | | We are experiencing tombstoning problems on 0805 packages that have paladium/platinum/silver terminations. It comes & goes...... | | I�ve checked the reflow profile, and paste deposi
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 20:55:33 EDT 2002 | scottefiske
I'm with you dave...please provide specifics as to defect condition... Are you getting good wetting to both land and lead? Is there any repeatability to lead/location/device? Do you have paste inspection capabilites to verify deposition? Is it a Pala
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 25 16:39:29 EST 1998 | Eldon Sanders
I agree with Chrys, get the spike temp up and wetting is not a problem. However, when the palladium mixes in with the solder the joint will become more brittle. You need to make sure enough solder is printed on the board to minimize the concentrati
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 20:33:16 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
The biggest difference between the two, is solder joint appearance. What I noticed mainly is that the solder does not wet and flow as readily to a palladium coated lead as it does with a tin/lead coated lead. When you look at a palladium coated lead
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