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John;
Solder resist is supposed to removed, or not applied, to the card guide
areas of a circuit board (see IPC-D-275). Therefore the thickness is
measured, st that point, from laminate to laminate. Other circumstances
require knowing the overall thickness, over all the respective coatings.
At 01:42 PM 6/4/96 CST, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> Why would "thickness" (as specified by the customer) be measured
> before solder resist application? The customer is designing around
> and will receive a finished product (which includes solder resist) to
> be installed in a higher-level assembly.
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> What am I missing here?
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> John R. Kretsch, P.E.
> Engineer, Design Assurance
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>Subject: FAB: PCB thickness
>Author: [log in to unmask] at internet-mail
>Date: 06/04/96 12:30
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>Let me contribute my observations on thickness.
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>The quality manual here says (written by me) that boards will be built to
>class A tolerances in the latest revision of IPC-D-300, unless otherwise
>specified by the customer.
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>That said, I have questioned IPC about the meaning of "thickness". David
>Bergman and Lisa Williams did some investigating and thinking and advised
>me that thickness was to be measured over plated copper, but before solder
>resist application. They also told me that the committee responsible for
>D-300 planned on expanding upon the present statement on baords thickness
>in the standard, to direct the user to specify board thickness in any
>areas of importance.
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>Lou Hart
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Regards,
Gary Ferrari
Tech Circuits
(203)269-3311
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