Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 08:52:42 EDT 2011 | davef
Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste � Not An Option Contributed by Phil Zarrow of ITM an Independent SMT consulting firm With soldering being the dominant source of assembly
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 16 20:29:32 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Jason: How did you determine that the deposits are tin oxide? What does this stuff look like? Klein Wassink "Soldering in Electronics" (p. 221, quoting original work by others). States (in effect) tin (or solder) quickly forms a protective oxide
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 28 12:41:35 EDT 2000 | JAX
MoonMan, I'll take a crack at the list. Feel free to answer the ones I don't! 1. Solderability is a parameter which indicates how well a component can be soldered. As far as Solder Termination Coatings go, here are some up�s and down�s of a few. Ha
Electronics Forum | Tue May 23 20:44:13 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Sal: You and Wolfgang are spot on, but let's see if we can blow this out a bit. Before proceding to rattle on ... � PC Card. A credit card-size computer peripheral that add memory, mass storage, and I/O capabilities to computers in a rugged, compa
Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 10:40:10 EDT 2001 | davef
First, your primary side component pads should be designed according to SM-782A, "Surface Mount design & Land Pattern Standard". Next if you did that and your secondary side component pads are the same size as your primary side components, your diff
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 09 09:07:48 EDT 1999 | Brian
| | | Can anyone tell me the formula/method to determine | | | the amount of weight that solder's surface tension can support. | | | (ie: Maximum weight of components soldered onto a bottom side | | | of a board during a top side reflow on a Paste/Pa
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 09 09:18:21 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | | | Can anyone tell me the formula/method to determine | | | | the amount of weight that solder's surface tension can support. | | | | (ie: Maximum weight of components soldered onto a bottom side | | | | of a board during a top side reflow on a
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 10 17:50:00 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | We've recently encountered this problem where one of our .050" pitch BGA's were reflowing at the wave thus causing shorts... The board was profiled with probes stuck to a QFP solder joint, an 0603, and one of the BGA joints. There was an almost
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 08:52:11 EDT 1999 | Brian
| i had a problem here, during the wave soldering process, we apply a water soluble mask on the gold finger to protect it from contamination. But after washing, there is still some mask left on the gold finger. | Can anyone pls advise is there any pa
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 24 10:57:18 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hi Folks: | | We've been having bridging problems on our fine-pitch QFP's, despite thorough inspection of paste height, volume, and placement accuracies....profiles look good also. | | The bridging is happening after coming out of reflow...one la
