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Thanks Dean,
Nothing like people making up terms and abbreviations  willy-nilly as they go along to bring clarity to issues.
Therefore, Dale did not give us any information as to what components he is talking about.
Werner

 

 


 

 

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From: Stadem, Richard D. <[log in to unmask]>
To: TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Werner Engelmaier <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 12:12 pm
Subject: RE: [TN] solder joint height


Hi, Werner

The military customers insist on us using the term CCA for Circuit Card 

Assemblies. This is the populated, finished circuit board level assembly, not 

the bare board (PWB) or captive device CCCA in the built-up box.



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

From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Werner Engelmaier

Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:19 AM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: [TN] solder joint height



 Hi Dale,

Do you mean CGA's [column grid arrays]? If not, what do you mean by cca?



 610, Class 3 or otherwise, only addresses quality, not reliability—for that you 

need to go to IPC-D-279.



While the absence of solder fillets can reduce fatigue life, the presence of 

fillets, 'robust' or otherwise, does not have any positive first-order impact. 

However, solder joint height does.





 You may be looking at IMC crystals.

Werner



 



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From: Hart, Dale L CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RXSA <[log in to unmask]>

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Sent: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 9:23 am

Subject: [TN] solder joint height





 







We have been doing a some analysis of cca's for the Air Force consisting of



SMT.  The visual inspection of the solder joints looks very good all



characteristics above the suggest minimum for class 3 of 610.  The solder



fillets in some instances could be characterized as being robust.  In



cross-sectional analysis however, the solder joint height of the components



electrical termination above the land has been perhaps 0.025 mm to the point



of needing a SEM to look at the land-solder-component lead interface.



Closer examination in these areas revealed small cracks in the grain



boundaries.  I used the term grain boundaries because the solder in these



areas do not resemble the colonies observed in the bulk solder of the



fillet.  In some of these instances the land is often deformed in the shape



of the component lead.  







 







Would these joints although stronger be more susceptible to fatigue or



overload failure?







What are the implications if these cca's are encapsulated?







What suggestions could be offered to the manufacturer?







 







 







Dale L. Hart







Universal Technology Corporation (UTC)







Failure Analysis







1270 North Fairfield Road







Dayton, Ohio  45432-2600







(937) 656-9165







Fax (937) 656-4600







Email:  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]







 











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