Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 22 17:19:57 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | We process both tin/lead plated boards and gold plated boards in our surface mount group. I have used Sn62/Pb36/Ag2 solder paste on all gold plated boards to help prevent gold scavaging. To reduce the amount of different solder pastes we have t
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 18:07:16 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a reco
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 04 12:37:41 EST 2005 | Cmiller
We have been using this finish almost exclusively for fine pitch boards for about 5 years. Make SURE you use a board house that does the gold plating in-house. There are some potential issues as DaveF stated. The only problem we have encountered is w
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 07 22:15:31 EDT 2004 | davef
We're not familiar with the AUG5 from Taiyo. [It doesn't show on their US site.] Is it liquid photoimageable? Printed solder masks are more likely to bleed. But you wouldn't have any solderability with bleed. Your plating seems acceptable [if th
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 20 13:42:23 EDT 2006 | fredericksr
I've seen embrittlement %s down to 3%, but a standard 5 mil solder pad would require well over 100uIn of plated gold to cause embrittlement. -Other Russ
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 12 16:59:58 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Hi Michael While driving home last night I realized the omission in my response. I thought someone would call me on it. I should have clarified that the dissolution of the gold into the joint would be affected by the thickness of the gold plating,
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 06:01:12 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a re
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Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 28 12:37:05 EDT 2000 | Brian W.
HASL plating, by its very nature, is inconsistent in terms of thickness and consistency. The plating varies from spot to spot on the pad, as well as pad to pad. This will wreak havoc on your screen printing process and your placement. From talking
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 20:00:24 EST 2002 | davef
If solder touches gold, you should see solder, rather than gold. Since you see gold, something is wrong. * Is the solder touching the gold? If not, why not? * If the solder is touching the gold, but the gold is not soldering, there is a problem w
