Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 25 08:34:00 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
CERAMIC CIRCUITRY Starting with hybrid thick film circuits in 1965 at Sperry Flight Systems, I have been involved with ceramics (usually aluminum oxide) as the substrate material. Then, we developed "multilayer" circuitry (replacing "cordwood" module
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 25 08:30:44 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Happy Holidays All, | I am searching out a vendor (US preferred) who can fabricate a ceramic PCb with etremely fine lines. | Please reply if you are a vendor, or know of one. | Thanks, | Wendy CERAMIC CIRCUITRY Starting with hybrid thick film circ
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 24 16:47:30 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Fab Gurus, (Earl) | What are the disadvantages of using paper phrenwhatsit as a substrate. I want to justify changing a substrate from paper to chem3 or FR4 and I need some info regarding long term failure issues, etc. | | Thanks, | Justin | Jus
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 09:00:56 EST 1999 | Chris Fontaine
| | I have boards coated with Humiseal 1B73. At a late point mfg. site we need to remove a series of 0603 resistors for optioning purposes. I have been trying to determine the fastest, easiest way to re-coat the pads after removal. Drying time of the
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 06:01:12 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a re
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 28 12:20:53 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | Damn Wayne, | | | | | If I knew as much as you, Justin, Steve, his dad, and others know, or knew, I'd be happy to be the UGLY. The plus of a forum like this is it keeps us on our toes and keeps our brain cells alive or constantly searching fo
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 28 13:23:50 EDT 1998 | Ben Salisbury
| | | | | Damn Wayne, | | | | | | If I knew as much as you, Justin, Steve, his dad, and others know, or knew, I'd be happy to be the UGLY. The plus of a forum like this is it keeps us on our toes and keeps our brain cells alive or constantly searchin
Electronics Forum | Tue May 26 17:29:42 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| I know, I've read the "been there done that" stories about this subject, but I still profess ignorance on some aspects. | We are using NPO type dialectric caps in potted high voltage assemblies and continue to experience catastrophic vailures. U
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 20:25:30 EST 2000 | Dave F
John: What�s the matter? Free gold � good thing for you, bad thing for your supplier. :^) Pre-tinning of gold plated leads is important to: � Prevent gold embrittlement of the solder joint � Determine if the leads are solderable prior to assembly (
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 09:54:40 EDT 1999 | Brian
| | | We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a
