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Regards,
George

HASL, OSP, Immersion silver but not ENIG



Regards,

George

George M. Wenger

Andrew Solutions

Senior Principal FMA / Reliability Engineer

40 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ 07059

(908) 546-4531 [Office]  (732) 309-8964 [Cell]

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-----Original Message-----

From: Bev Christian [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 

Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:47 PM

To: 'TechNet E-Mail Forum'; Wenger, George M.

Subject: RE: [TN] Need clever comments



George,

What did Lucent do about pressfit connectors while you were there?

Bev

RIM



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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wenger, George M.

Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 12:09 PM

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Subject: Re: [TN] Need clever comments



What is the PCB surface finish that shows a Tin whicker

Ingemar,



What is the PCB surface finish that shows a Tin whicker on inside of the

PRH barrel of the non soldered board in Photo #1 that Steve posted?



Regards,

George

George M. Wenger

Andrew Solutions

Senior Principal FMA / Reliability Engineer

40 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ 07059

(908) 546-4531 [Office]  (732) 309-8964 [Cell]

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-----Original Message-----

From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hernefjord Ingemar

Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:22 AM

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Subject: [TN] Need clever comments



 

Hi all, need some professional backup regarding MIL quality boards.



Objects: FR-4 Class III double-sided multi-layer boards, populated with

SOICS, BGAs,and a lot of passive components.



Observation 1 : the non soldered board have lots of Tin whiskers on

inside of the PTH barrel. My thought is this: if whiskers can grow long

before the board is assembled, then ain't it likely that even CAF can be

generated?  See photo 1.



Observation 2:  Copper has somehow penetrated the solder mask. This can

be found everywhere along the conductor traces. You need a very good

light microscope and a SEM to see it. See photo 2.



Board data: Copper with 0.8 micrometer Immersion Tin. No nickel barrier.

Solder mask thickness not specified.



Application: Typical MIL-883 environment



Q1: What is your opinion about that thin Tin directly on copper? I

dislike the concept. Copper is very mobile at high temperatures, and

combined with humidity, there can be leakage currents and corrosion

issues. Even if the boards are CCd, there is a risk with copper .



Q2: I gave  the advice to introduce a nickel barrier, but our customer

claimed, that they can't because of pressfit connectors and pressfit

test pins on the board. Furthermore, they had heard that one cannot have

nickel platings when pressfitting, because the nickel will crack and

oxidize and cause electrical disfunction. Is this your opinion too? Are

there any relevant testing behind such statements?



Thanks in advance



Inge



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