Peter, good call! Bonding of epoxy to solder is an issue. You may want
to use laser soldering (with your highest level of technical support and
customer service. Of course ;-).
jk
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>Thanks Richard. Thought of this, of course, but it will
>somewhat depend on the finish on the terminations and the
>board. Silver loaded adhesives may not give a reliable enough
>bond to tin/lead finishes.
>
>Peter
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>Peter
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>Look at the possibility of using conductive adhesive after reflow.
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> -----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Swanson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 9:57 AM
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>Subject: [TN] LED Soldering Query
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>We have a customer who is looking at assembling some surface
>mount LEDs to a FR-4 board. We are told that the parts will
>not stand conventional reflow temperatures (they themselves
>are made with a LMP solder, and the lens is temperature
>sensitive). At this stage, I don't know much more detail.
>
>The query is whether he could print conventional paste, place
>the devices and then reflow each joint individually, by using
>a robot. But a soldering iron applied the paste will cause
>spitting, solder balls, etc.
>
>Perhaps a thermode could be applied to the joint and a
>temperature ramp up applied, which will safely reflow the
>paste, if such a thing exists and can be mounted to a robot.
>
>I would be interested in general thoughts on how to process
>these parts. Maybe not even solder...
>
>TIA,
>Peter
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