Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 27 11:22:03 EDT 2002 | robbied
Hi there. We have had an out of control reflow oven that has allowed its temperature to fluctuate by up to +/- 20 deg C from set point in very short periods of time. We found the root cause of the problem and fixed it, but by then we had already run
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 21:46:48 EST 2005 | C. Kolokoy
With DIP type components, a sub-par fluxing method (foaming a no-clean), and a chip wave where one is not needed are formulas for bridging and insufficient wetting. If you have SMD's on the wave solder side of the board greater than 0603, and no SOT
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 29 04:57:08 EDT 2009 | davepick
It depends on the application what will be considered the biggest issue to avoid (production or longterm reliability). Tin Whiskers are bit of an unknown quantity - but a more realistic problem could be dendritic growth / electromigration forming sho
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 00:47:10 EDT 2014 | matusov
Hello gurus, I am a hardware designer with a small company. We are about to send a new PCB for fabrication. This board uses dozens of tiny QFN, DFN, and similar packages. As a final check I have been going through the datasheets of all these parts t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 19 20:52:19 EDT 2008 | davef
Please give us more information about the source of the solder that you mention. Is it: * HASL applied by your supplier * Solder on pads after wave soldering * Solder paste after printing * Solder on pads after reflow soldering ... or what?
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 28 07:45:07 EDT 2009 | davef
When using high tin solder, doesn't proper specing to avoid the effects of tin whiskers become at least as large an issue as proper specing for defect-free wave solder processing?
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 30 08:55:31 EDT 2008 | davef
It will be tough to find a dimensional thickness specification for HASL. IPC-6012 Table 3-2, line "Fused tin-lead or solder coat - Coverage and Solderable" states the requirement that there has to be complete coverage of solder on the land, and it mu
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 18 18:24:07 EDT 2008 | jensteele
Does anyone know of an established guideline for thickness requirements? Our smaller pads continue to receive a thicker solder deposition when we measure by the larger pads for process accessibility and vice versa for the larger pads when we measure
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 27 02:44:07 EDT 2009 | michafogel
Can someone point me to a standard, if there is any, or design rule regards with preffared spacing between PTH and SMT pads for LF wave soldering process (SAC alloy)
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 28 04:07:56 EDT 2009 | davepick
There's a nice tool on this site - http://www.enhancetechnical.co.uk/ Click on Internet Tools and then the image - brings up a useful interactive tools which helps understand influences on wave solder bridges. Dave
