Heather,
We have had boards come in with that doughnut style fid, the
manufacture is contacted right away and it is removed on the next order.
I do not think your problem would be related to plating unless your fid
diameter was changing due to the plating. Is this board, panel or local
fids? If they are panel fids did the bare board manufacture use copper
dots as copper balancing on the assembly rails? If they are board or
local fids are there vias, plated TH or round pads near that fid
location?
Regards,
Ted
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From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Heather Gregg
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [DC] Fiducial Problem
I'm being told that our Fuji CP-7 is having trouble reading the board
fiducials. The cause is said to be a build-up of too much SN100 plating
on the fid. We currently use a simple dot fid. The dot is 1mm in
diameter and it is made so that there is a 0.25mm ring of bare board
around it before you get to the solder mask. Our PCB supplier has
recommended going to a doughnut design, but our SMT department is
skeptical that this will solve the build-up of SN100 issue. Personally,
I'm not convinced that it is not a problem with the machine vision
system.
That being said, I'm wondering what the "best" fid design would be. What
are/ where can I find recommendations for fids? Does anyone else have
experience with this sort of problem? Should the fid be covered with
solder mask? What design is the most robust in regards to minimizing the
effects that processing variables cause (such as plating build-up,
uneven plating, camera lighting bumped out of alignment, etc.)?
Inquiring mind,
Hg
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