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Re: Pass the Knowledge
From:
Jim Dobbins <[log in to unmask]>
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DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum.
Date:
Wed, 20 May 1998 14:03:14 -0700
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At 01:38 PM 5/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I have never heard that the reason for tenting vias is to prevent shorts.
>
>We tented them:
>1) to make more room for silkscreen/legend
>2) for better vacuum fixturing to the ICT tester
>
Tenting vias on the bottom (solder) side of the board can reduce
shorts for boards going through wave solder.
-Jim
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