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In a message dated 06/02/2000 9:39:49 AM Central Daylight Time,
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<< Hi Gaby! The Xray equipment vendors have told me that Xray tubes that are
less than 100kV have a very low probability of damaging components. Note
the "very low probability" statement - they have not seen any customer
issues with xray damage but they also can't totally rule out the
possibility of damage. We have been using xray equipment with a 52kV tube
and we have yet to have a xray damage issue. I imagine as industry use of
xray inspection of area array increases we will find out how "probable"
xray damage issue will be. And to add one more voice to the discussion - we
have found the using a medium cost xray system (e.g. $30K-$60K) is a
valuable asset in area array component solder process control. The use of
xray equipment doesn't answer every question but having the tool available
is important in several aspects.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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Hi Dave!
One thing to add about using systems that have less than 100kV power, is that
recent BGA packages are coming out with metal heatsinks in the top of them,
and you can't see through them. I have a Glenbrook RTX-113 and recently
placed a Texas Instruments BGA with the heatsink, and I couldn't see through
it. I believe I recall a Technet post from someone that ran across the same
problem with a Altera part as well...
-Steve Gregory-
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