Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 14:36:41 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
Sorry to interfere with Dave F, but perhaps your IAg finishes have issues with process residues from the boardhouse. What is the base material of your ConAP conformal coating - acrylic, silicone, polyurethane? We do CC (acrylic) and IAg and never h
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 09:25:20 EST 2019 | davef
It doesn't matter if the traces have solder or not. We're talking thermal cycles. RE IAg thickness: I believe the IAg is a self limiting process, similar to IAu. Your fab may be able to help a little, but I don't expect a substantial change. And if
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 12:37:05 EST 2008 | realchunks
Long, yellow, ugly toe nails will have the same affect on your boards.
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 15:08:35 EST 2008 | srmlan
I guess you are right, they both need some loven
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 15:36:22 EST 2008 | mumtaz
Oh my, a Ford? Did you lose a bet?
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 23 08:43:32 EDT 2008 | davef
Ugh, there are more reasons that immersion silver [IAg] to go yellowish than pigs at the county fair. That aside, sulphur is one of the reasons, as you say. The sulphur can be from a variety of sources, such as: * Pollution in the air * Ill advised p
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 30 11:42:49 EDT 2008 | davef
Some immersion silver [IAg] products can go brown with aging. On a newly plated board, we expect you to see Ag, C, & O. The amount will vary according to supplier and thickness. Questions are: * How uniform is the brown coloration of the IAg on the
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 15:14:31 EDT 2008 | samir
Dean, thanks for schooling me on this. I talked to an industry collegue whom I met at APEX, and it was he who had told me of the IAg "rework issue." Basically, he told me that they had field failures on QFPs that were a direct result of trying to "
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 22 15:32:20 EDT 2008 | davef
We see this fairly often. It doesn't affect solderability. Our analysis makes us think this coloration is copper. The reason copper appears on the surface may be that heat cycles increase the thinness and porosity of the immersion silver [IAg] coatin
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 15 09:30:29 EDT 2008 | davef
Unlike other solderability protection, immersion coatings [eg, ImAg, ImSn, OSP, etc] can be reworked by the board fabricator prior to assembly operations. Reasons for selecting immersion are: * Until a supplier can demonstrate that they can turn bla
