Scott

        I can't recall whether it's an IPC spec or a military one, but it is
generally held that solder mask is never to be used as an insulator.

Joe Hurst
PWB Designer
Computing Devices Canada

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Buscomb [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 2:53 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [DC] SolderMask
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> Is anyone aware of a soldermask with a dielectric strength of ~5KV. Is
> there another process that will insulate to this spec besides using a
> separate insulator?
> I was thinking along the lines of a dry film.
> TIA,
>
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