Steve Thomas wrote:
>
> Greetings...
>
> Our overseas assembler wants us to add a line of silkscreen between pads on bottom-side 0603 R's and C's
>
> snip <
>
> Has anyone ever seen this done?

        In the past, working with overseas DFM, we were asked to
        add silkscreen between pads to help give more standoff
        height.  This was done in order to increase the solder
        joint height.

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      Jeff Seeger                         Applied CAD Knowledge Inc
      Chief Technical Officer                  Tyngsboro, MA  01879
      jseeger "at" appliedcad "dot" com                978 649 9800

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