Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 21 17:17:47 EDT 2003 | justin
Do some push / pull testing. Typically with black pad, you can flick the components right off the board. If you have this, the boards are about as reliable as a Yugo. If you get decent push / pull results, odds are you don't have black pad and you
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 21 12:31:54 EDT 2003 | adlsmt
I have some finished boards that I have concluded have "black pad" defect. Outside of the black crap on some of the solder joints, if the boards are electrically functional, are they reliable? Any opinions would be appreciated as I dont want to throw
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 16:02:43 EDT 2005 | russ
I don't believe that you are seeing black pad. I think you are seeing an oxidized pad from your statement that these pads take solder. I would guess that these will be fine. But I would re-tin all pads prior to attaching the BGA to make sure.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 15:25:38 EDT 2005 | jimmiem
Would a lesser degree of black pad still allow solderability as i seen in my case?
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 09:17:58 EDT 2005 | jimmiem
I tried soldering to several of the black pads and was successful, the solder stuck with no hesitation. so i guess this is not truly "black pad"? would that be a correct statement? What causes this blackening that looks like oxidation under the mic
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 11:55:52 EDT 2005 | jimmiem
Was it determined what caused the flux migration?
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 17:23:54 EDT 2005 | jimmiem
Thanks Russ and Dave for time and patience. Best regards jm
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 17 13:45:29 EDT 2002 | genny
When the pad comes off, is it leaving behind a "black" area? Your board may be suffering from black pad - a condition that occasionally affects ENIG finish boards. It is a process control issue with your board fabricator. The nickel is oxidising b
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 21 22:47:39 EDT 2003 | adlsmt
Well after reading all kinds of stuff about this I still question if it is my current problem BUT, how common is this??? I dont want to be afraid of the boogie man but it seems like a lot of folks are having problems with black pad. I have used imers
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 09:49:31 EDT 2003 | davef
Ask your supplier for a corrective active and failure analysis of the boards. In parallel, send the boards to a failure analysis laboratory to determine the material on your gold pads. Take your work to another supplier.
