Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 17:21:22 EDT 2002 | jasonfang
I found solderballs are around chip components (on one side of middle area), I checked gerber data, solder paste of aperture on the stencil for these chip components have 5% reduction to solder land on PCB, shape of solder land are square, not home p
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 10:36:45 EDT 2000 | Bill Bannister
We've been experiencing solder balls on 0805 caps. We have modified the reflow profile and had some success, but some balling still persists. The balls always form from under the cap between the lands. I measured the distance between the lands at .03
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 11:16:33 EDT 2000 | Christopher Lampron
Hello Bill, Ioan's idea's are good. One more thing that you may want to consider is using a "Home Plate" aperture on your stencil for the aforementioned caps. The idea is to put a smaller amount of solder paste directly underneath the component. This
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 10:51:42 EDT 2000 | Ioan
Hi Bill, there are a couple of things you should check. Most likely you have too much paste which is squashed at the insertion of the cap. - the paste height, around 7 mils should do. Too much paste will cause shorts under the cap at insertion which
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 22:54:32 EDT 2002 | davef
Solder balls are one of the most popular topics here on SMTnet. Search the fine SMTnet Archives for background. We like to wash solder balls from the board in our cleaner.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 31 02:04:19 EST 2019 | sssamw
From the picture, I cannot see clearly solder ball violate electrical clearance or cause a short, maybe it is. What I can see is the solder paste has some misalignment although it doesn't printed in solder mask area, but actual position will reduce
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 01 22:19:33 EST 2020 | sssamw
Solder ball attached on solder joint without violation minimum electrical clearance is acceptable. If your process parameter including stencil not changed, suggest you check if solder pasted being pushed out after IC placement, also check if solder j
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 31 02:06:21 EST 2019 | sssamw
Yes, from the picture, it seems the gap between solder pad is very small, easy to have solder ball/solder bridge.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 31 01:30:07 EST 2019 | sssamw
Do you have clear pictures show IC soldering and the solder ball? DO you have clear picture show the PCB pad?
