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                                Hi Ryan!

                                But would you build class 3 product with these boards, and stand behind it...

                                Kind regards,

                                -Steve Gregory-
                                Senior Process Engineer
                                LaBarge Incorporated
                                Tulsa, Oklahoma
                                (918) 459-2285
                                (918) 459-2350 FAX





        Ryan Grant <[log in to unmask]>
                        Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
                        08/02/2005 02:57 PM
                        Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to rgrant
                                	
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        Subject:        Re: [TN] Soldermask registration for NSMD BGA pads...	


                                Unless that amount of soldermask shift is restricted by the fab notes or
                                a purchase agreement, the shift is acceptable according to "IPC 6012B
                                Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards"
                                section 3.7.1 f.1), allowing 0.002" on the pad for 50mil pitch BGA and
                                0.001" on the pad for less than 50mil pitch.

                                I can't answer the question of how reliable the solderjoints might be,
                                but, if you want to reject them, you don't have any leverage from IPC
                                standards...

                                If its any consolation, I would accept them if they were my boards.

                                -Ryan

                                -----Original Message-----
                                From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Gregory
                                Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:33 AM
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                                Subject: [TN] Soldermask registration for NSMD BGA pads...

                                Afternoon All!

                                Just sitting down for lunch, and I have a question about Non Solder Mask
                                Defined (NSMD)
                                BGA pads. I have a picture at:
                                http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com/files/MaskMisregistration2.jpg

                                Now according to IPC-A-600G, that misregistration is not rejectable,
                                "because the solder resist does
                                not encroach on the land except at the conductor attachment"...that's a
                                quote right out of the - 600. I've
                                looked at it very closely, the mask is right up against edge of the pad.

                                Knowing what kind of solder joint you're trying to acheive with a NSMD
                                pad,
                                and having the mask up
                                against the edge of the pad, the solder is not going to wet and flow
                                down
                                around pad like you want, right?
                                Is that a problem? Will that introduce the possibilty for reliability
                                issues? Can one reject these boards?

                                I've heard the statement made that if indeed you want a clear area
                                around
                                the pad, a note needs to be
                                put on the fab drawing stating that. Because as it stands now according
                                to
                                the IPC-A-600G, it is not rejectable.

                                Any thoughts?

                                Kind regards,

                                -Steve Gregory-
                                Senior Process Engineer
                                LaBarge Incorporated
                                Tulsa, Oklahoma
                                (918) 459-2285
                                (918) 459-2350 FAX
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