It's a via which has been covered with solder mask, usually (?) from only   
one side of the PWB.

 -Michael Alderete
Aerojet Azusa CA


 ----------
From:  eng[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:  Wednesday, July 16, 1997 9:59 AM
To:  IPC Tech Net Forum
Subject:  (no subject)

Can anybody explain what a tented via is?

Thanks

**************************************************************************  
*
* TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05   
*
**************************************************************************  
*
* To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]>   
  *
* with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body.   
         *
**************************************************************************  
*
* If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact   
  *
* Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask]   
     *
**************************************************************************  
*


 ------ Message Header Follows ------
Received: from ag.aes.com by iegate.aes.com
  (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9f for Windows NT(tm))
  id AA-1997Jul16.095914.1557.82135; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:59:16 -0700
Received: from simon.ipc.org by  ag.aes.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id
JAA04469;
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:45:50 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from ipc.org by simon.ipc.org via SMTP   
(940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI)
  id LAA00968; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:53:46 -0700
Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:53:46 -0700
Received: by ipc.org (Smail3.1.28.1 #2)
 id m0woX63-000BmEC; Wed, 16 Jul 97 11:38 CDT
Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask]
Old-Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]>
Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:48:11 -0700
From: "Engineering / Design Dept." <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
Organization: Mission Peak Services
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; U)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: IPC Tech Net Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: (no subject)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Resent-Message-ID: <"MHyqA.0.VgK.YZFpp"@ipc>
Resent-From: [log in to unmask]
X-Mailing-List: <[log in to unmask]> archive/latest/14053
X-Loop: [log in to unmask]
Precedence: list
Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask]


***************************************************************************
* TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 *
***************************************************************************
* To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]>   *
* with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body.          *
***************************************************************************
* If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact   *
* Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask]      *
***************************************************************************