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That is exactly what they should look like. The demarcation line Steve
refers to is the change in color from the bright/shiny melted solder to
the darker, more grainy lead ball, with a smooth transition, ie, no
evidence of non-wetting along the line of demarcation.
Steve, looks like you have this process nailed down pretty good. 

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Reflowing CBGA component (with high Sn balls) using
Eutectic solder paste

Hi All!

Dave is right, the balls are Pb90Sn10 according to IBM's package
description in this document:

http://tinyurl.com/da4cot

We build a lot of boards that use this device, and the joints do look a
lot different than other BGA's that have eutectic balls. There will be a
very noticable demarcation line between the solderjoint and ball itself.
Here's what our joints look like:

http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/PowerPC_Joints.jpg

The board isn't ENIG like Joe's, it's HASL. My peak temperatures range
from 218 C. to 226 C., and my TAL ranges from 75-seconds to 81-seconds
depending on which thermocouple you're looking at in my temperature
plot.

Steve

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Reflowing CBGA component (with high Sn balls) using
Eutectic solder paste

Hi Joe - could you please check your solder alloy element ratio, did you
really mean Pb90Sn10? The Sn90Pb10 begins melting at 183C and the
Pb90Sn10 begins melting at 268C. I am not familiar with CBGA using a
Sn90Pb10 ratio.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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Hi All,

 

My question is related to the soldering of IBM PPC CBGAs type components
(that have Sn90Pb10 solder balls) using Sn63 paste onto ENIG finished
boards.  What are the "determining-factors" to improve the
wetting/diffusion of the eutectic solder paste into the high Sn solder
balls. The eutectic solder appears to wet well to the ENIG pads located
on the board but occasionally I see eutectic solder fillets that do not
always appear to fuse well with the high Sn content balls (if fuse is
the correct word?).  thx

 

 

Best Regards,

-Joe

 


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