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Hi Mark,
Haven't relieved them in ages. As far as I know all my boards have been
working (more often they've been shelfed per market changes....:) Think
of it Mark, a via is only plated, it's not soldered to. You solder to
component pads. This is not the case with vias. The only time I might
relieve a via is if it was greater than say .040" (power connections on
RF boards), but then maybe not...
Why would a non-relieved via have more reliability problems? It's tied
to the copper plane all the way around, by way of plating. Would a
relieved via (with only four little tie areas connected) be more
reliable? I personally don't think so.
When all else fails, ask your board house. Have one of their
manufacturing engineers explain it.
Best of times...
Mitch
Sr PCB Designer
San Diego, CA
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> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:23:12 -0800
> From: "Mark Gutierrez" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: "DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum."
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> Subject: [DC] Thermal relief for Vias?
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> Someone here suggested that all vias connected to power and
ground planes
> should have the thermal relief's eliminated. Reason to
> minimize inductance to power planes. I recall reading somewhere
about
> removing thermals could induce reliability problems. Can anyone
share their
> knowledge and experience with this?. IPC-2221 specifies thermal
relief is
> only required for holes that are subject to soldering in large
conductor
> areas. Wouldn't this apply to a via tied to a plane coming off a
SMD land?
>
> Mark Gutierrez
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>
> Mark Gutierrez
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> Senior Printed Circuit Designer
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> Blaze Network Products Inc.
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> 5180 Hacienda Drive
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> Dublin, CA 94568
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