You might find the IPC-4761 "Design Guide for Protection of Printed Board
Via Structures" (currently in draft form) useful.  You can download the
draft version of the document here
http://www.ipc.org/committeedetail.asp?Committee=D-33d#

John Parsons

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wee Mei
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 6:23 PM
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Subject: [TN] Definition of Tent Via

Hello,

Can someone give me a simple, clear and correct definition of tent via (both
signal and via-on-pad)? What is the process that go into making this tent
via?

Regards,
Wee Mei

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