Yes, they do look like microvias. Plugged during fabrication and blown open by the reflow process.
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I still think they look a lot like vias but some would have to be micro vias.
Yes, the consistent "Roundness" sure looks like via clearance etch back.
But it is SO SIMPLE - Are there holes? :-)
Bob K.
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Hi gang - I had the same first impression as Dick that these were solder splatters from reflow/wave/stencil but when I looked closer, it the splatters are very very uniform in size plus the center "dot' is equally uniform. Someone had mention a filled micro via delamin-ish problem could be the root cause. Take a look at the photo again - doesn't it seem that these are too uniform for a solder splatter root cause?
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Richard Krug <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> To me it looks like solder paste spatter / fines that landed on ENIG
> surface. Can be caused by too steep a ramp rate during preheat stage
> of reflow profile. Was measured reflow profile within manufacturer's spec?
>
> Dick Krug, CSSBB, CSMTPE
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> contamination
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> We have been seeing a problem recently on several different CCA'S that
> we are having assembled.
> The boards are ENIG with plug and plate. The assembly shop is
> assuring us that these gold areas are being Protected during the
> entire assembly process with kapton tape.
> I was thinking it was flux splatter since the areas are always almost
> perfectly circular.
> The locations are very random and range from nothing to what is in the
> picture.
> Is there any other mechanism that might be causing this? On our next
> run I am going to go to the shop To witness the taping. But I was
> curious if maybe it's some other cause.
> Mr. Gregory was kind enough to post a picture.
> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/spots.jpg
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated
> Thank You
> John Foster
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