Electronics Forum: shelf life (Page 26 of 38)

Why gold plating on PCB?

Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 01:36:43 EST 2020 | crystal12

&gt; What is the use of gold plated boards? <BR> <BR> With the increasing integration of IC, the more IC the more dense. The vertical tin spray process is difficult to flatten the pads, which brings difficulty to the SMT mounting, and

Selective solder N2 consumption

Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 15:44:23 EDT 2020 | dwl

I agree with the other posters. A bottle will last a day tops, A dewar should last a week or two. Dewars have a limited shelf life as the liquid nitrogen will vent even if your aren't using it. My experience is with ACE machines. Bottles are really

Re: Entek coating

Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 11 11:05:06 EST 1998 | Earl Moon

| I am having a problem with Entek coated boards. The solder past seem to just ball up on the pads. I had no problems with the board when it was hot air leveled. The board is double sided surface mount. I have tried adjusting the oven profiles mak

Re: Entek coating

Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 15 23:58:01 EST 1998 | Phill Hunter

| | I am having a problem with Entek coated boards. The solder past seem to just ball up on the pads. I had no problems with the board when it was hot air leveled. The board is double sided surface mount. I have tried adjusting the oven profiles m

PCB Surface finish

Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 05 03:44:53 EDT 2004 | johnwnz

Dave, I'm going to disagree with you on the ENIG, it's my 3rd choice only just beating out OSP for that 4th spot. 1. Immersion Silver - cheaper than ENIG, as flat and no issues with Brittle interface (black pad) or Gold Embrittlement) Longer shelf l

Re: silver finishes on pcbs

Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 10:14:04 EST 2000 | PeteB

Jacqueline, Asuming you mean immersion silver: Advantages - Very flat finish compared to HASL, more easily solderable than bare copper with OSP and more process tolerant than this in our experience, reasonable shelf life, cheaper than immersion gol

Non-wetting on 0402 chips capacitors

Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 09:57:22 EDT 2001 | zam_bri

Hi Cal/Dave F, Good news today. The problem went away when I received and ran with a brand new component today. But I'm sure with a robust profile, I should be able to compensate oxidations at some degrees, rite? ( taking into consideration the suc

Re: FST Dexcoat White tin plating

Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 14 10:53:10 EST 1998 | Earl Moon

| Has anyone had any experience with using this alternative plating process? Some board houses are pushing toward this plating. Is there any long term data on this process? Any problems experienced with smt and thru-hole? I've heard tin whiskers to b

Re: White tin immersion finish

Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 07:46:46 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon

| We have mixed to negative feelings about Omikron, but I beileve it is due to problems with the board fabricator rather than the process itself. When done properly, our Omikron boards have had very good solderability. However, we have had several

Re: Finishing myth ?

Electronics Forum | Fri May 15 21:59:42 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon

| Hi, | There has been a lot of disputes in our company | about changing present HASL to another Finishing | which can provide more flatter pad surface in fine | pitch applications. ( perhaps Ni/Au, OSP ) | The target is to reduce solder defects, t


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