Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 06 17:17:13 EST 2000 | gary
I need a little help with RF and Rogers 4003 board material. My background was in digital and now I need to set up a new line to make small RF products (.5" x .5" or smaller). I want to find out about board platings, finishes/maskings and reasonable
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 09:34:13 EST 2000 | Sorin
HELLO, Do anybody know if is existing an empirical rule that can show me how many amps can carry a plated through hole with a diameter of x.xx millimeters? Is there a formula depending on X.XX value that could help me to make such calculations? How
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 10 14:15:11 EST 2000 | Doug Kennedy
Russ, I still don't understand where you're coming from! The chipmaster is a closed loop system...it has a thermal couple. Also, I've got profiles on mine! If you're having problems with a loose nozzle just tighten the four set screws in the bl
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 30 14:59:07 EST 2001 | MikeF
I thought Contact Length refered to the travel distance the board stays in contact with the solder. I measured it using a tempered glass plate that also showed me if I had an even footprint of contact with the wave. By this definition, conveyor spe
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 12:07:34 EST 2001 | stownsend
I know this subject has been beat to death, but I need a clarification. I keep getting mixed messages about how much gold is required on a PCB for a reliable solder joint. Some people are saying 3 - 5 microns, some are saying 3 - 5 micro inches. Do a
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 20 07:31:45 EST 2001 | Nick L
0.076 ~ 0.2 um(micron) but our substrate gold thickness is between 0.3~1.2um. Is there any related to the plating process of substrate! And how can they control this thickness?(May be I should ask substrate vendor their controlling limit). If this i
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 23 10:24:24 EST 2001 | johnthor
We still build a legacy product with a primitive backplane using silver plated fork terminals for outside world connections. After some 20 years of no problems the fork terminals on raw stock PCBs were black and almost unsolderable. Because of the
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 03 12:00:55 EDT 2001 | Steve
I am looking for standards that describe acceptance criteria for PCB's. Anyone.....anyone.....Buhler. My company is an OEM manufacturer and I want to know what to look for when we receive PCB's from our PCB fab vendor. Specifically, solderability an
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 04 08:57:13 EDT 2001 | Cal
IPC-TM-650 is a works well. Ionic conductivity is a good rule of thumb but I prefer ION Chromatography this will help determine the residues left behind from the fab process. There are a bunch of ways to determine solderabiltiy- Wet Balance and SERA
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 22 09:49:39 EDT 2000 | galltp
Dr. Lee, We have seen a small decrease in shear strength for Pb/Sn plated components attached with Sn/Ag/Cu solder compared to components with a Pb-free finish. With the jump in the cost of Pd, we are struggling to define a practical Pb-free