Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 25 13:33:18 EDT 2012 | cyber_wolf
Ken, The photo looks like results I have seen because the gold flash was too thick on the board. This causes a condition known as gold imbrittlement. You may want to get an analysis of the plating thickness. I'm not real experienced with immersion si
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 24 09:12:00 EDT 2005 | davef
We're not sure what your customer is talking about either. Gold and tin form an intermetallic compound [IMC] that can cause poor solder connections. To minimize the potential of a problem, keep gold to less than 3 percent of the metal. [Search the
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 11:06:35 EDT 2003 | James
Does anyone else have the same problem with BGAs that have a gold corner. It looks like the area where the gold corner is, it does not want to reflow proberly but the rest of the BGA reflows fine. Any suggestions????
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 25 21:52:58 EDT 2005 | KEN
I wonder if yor customer means wrong "flux"? Your not solderng to gold. Your soldering to Nickle. The gold is disolved and dispersed. Your joint strength comes from the SnNi intermetalic.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 26 11:22:48 EDT 2005 | denismeloche
I have found that Sn62 solder gives better strength and leach resistance when soldering to gold surfaces. The gold needs to be at least 5 to 10 micro inches thick to prevent nickel oxidation but if over 25 micro inches will cause brittleness. I hav
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 09 06:28:03 EST 2015 | recard
Hi guys, we have a problem and I hope something can give nme some new information. We have big solderability problems with a gold plated board. We changed the paste already, but there is no improvement. Could the Vapor phase Technology cause the p
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 11 13:51:19 EST 2015 | duchoang
Could you give us more details. Picture, profile, solder paste ...?
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 11:21:42 EST 2015 | davef
IPC J-STD-003. Solderability Tests for Printed Boards
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 12:08:53 EDT 2003 | russ
I battle this all the time, I don't believe that it is the "gold corner" that is causing the problem but something with the PCB layer makeup (copper planes, or bottom side components, etc.). It could also be the nozzle you are using has a "hot spot/
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 23 19:31:25 EDT 2005 | molosse21
Hi, Is there a solder paste alloy espacially done to solder components on a pcb gold plated ??? I am using the AIM 297DX SN63/PB37 no clean and i had a comments from my customer telling me that i am not using the right alloy. Personally i never he
