Leonard;
The only large company to use via in land on a regular
basis is Lucent, they have the process down pat.
The trick is to figure how much solder you going
to lose to the hole.
It real helps on high density boards.
Lou

Leonard Toohey wrote:
>
> What is the state of the industry regarding putting
> vias in the center of SMT discrete device pads?
>
> I am mainly wanting to know about 0603, 0805 and 1206 devices.
> Is board thickness a factor?
> What about via hole size?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leonard Toohey
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