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Dave

I am glad to learn that I am not the only one that types with his nose.

Best regards

Lee
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David D. Hillman<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
  Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 3:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [LF] SnBi as components coating


  Hello LeadNetees!  I see that may email has gone out to a wider audience
  than was anticipated (much to my embarrassment!). I would like to request
  you not share the paper with anyone until after it is presented on May 26!
  Ya just have to love electronics - sooooo many ways to do things too
  quickly!

  Thank you for your assistance!
  Dave Hillman
  Rockwell Collins



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  Hi James! Hey, I finally finished the BGA paper - here is a copy for your
  files. Don't let this out of bag until after May 26 - that's when I present
  it at the conference. I would welcome you thoughts on the investigation
  too.

  (See attached file: CMAP paper.pdf)
  Dave



               James Vincent
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  All

  Just to flag something that we saw way back when in the IDEALS project.  We
  looked at SAC + (2% & 5%)Bi solder and found that joints to Alloy 42 QFP
  leads suffered an early, almost adhesive, failure at only a few hundred
  cycles whereas the Bi-free solder was lasting thousands.  The mechanism is
  well described by Kariya - this is the 1st page of one of the papers
  http://doc.tms.org/ezMerchant/prodtms.nsf/ProductLookupItemID/JEM-9911-1263/<http://doc.tms.org/ezMerchant/prodtms.nsf/ProductLookupItemID/JEM-9911-1263/>


  $FILE/JEM-9911-1263F.pdf?OpenElement

  Of course the Bi content above was far higher overall than would come from
  Bi only in the component finish, but it would be reassuring to know that
  the
  (Alloy 42 + SnBi finish + SAC solder) combination is either OK in practice
  or now non-existent.  Can anyone confirm?

  Jim

  James H Vincent
  Lead Engineer, Reliability Engineering
  Bookham, Caswell
  +44 (0)1327 356318


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
  Sent: 24 January 2005 19:30
  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  Subject: Re: [LF] SnBi as components coating

  Ofer,

  From what I've read, (short answer) there is the
  potential for problems but they may not actually show
  up.

  Longer answer:  Bismuth does form a very
  low-temperature-melting point alloy when combined with
  tin AND lead.  The one document I glanced at before
  writing this e-mail said 138 C, but I am pretty sure I
  have heard figures like 92 C also.
       However, the counter-argument I have seen is that
  when SnBi is a component finish, the Bismuth is only
  present in pretty low percentages (like 4-5%, I think
  ??).  There is a not a huge volume of solder involved
  in the surface finish anyway, especially not in
  comparison with the volume of solder to make a joint
  between the PCB pad and the component.  Therefore,
  even with an SnBi finish, the actual percentage of
  Bismuth in the end solder joint will not be high
  enough to cause the low temperature melting point
  concerns.

  I haven't heard anything about Bismuth affecting the
  reliability of the joint, so I would think the best
  test would be a worst-case temperature test - maximum
  rated ambient, unit powered on and configured such
  that SnBi-finished components get maximum heating.
  This may take multiple configurations depending on how
  many components there are in the product and how many
  operating modes the product has.

       Hopefully there will be replies from people on
  the list who have had actual experience with this
  issue.  I think all the literature I have seen to date
  said that it could be an issue, but I don't remember
  seeing any case studies where it actually WAS an
  issue.

  -Camille Good
  Portland, Oregon

  --- Ofer Cohen <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
  wrote:

  > Hello all,
  > Some of our vendors suggest their components with
  > SnBi coating. Some of them suggest only this finish.
  > Although this finish is lead-free, it is being
  > assembled (currently) using SnPb paste. Are there
  > any known problems? Is there any effect on short
  > time or long time reliability?
  >
  > Regards
  > Ofer Cohen
  > Manager
  > Quality Assurance, Reliability and Production
  > Technologies
  > Seabridge Ltd. - A Siemens Company
  >
  >
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