>      I an doing the "homeplate" design for all chips,
>      (0603, 0805, 1206, 1210) and having great success, I find I do not
>      need to do this with tant type caps. on all other parts I just reduce
>      the apertures. I currently use Syscon Microscreen for stencils and
>      running Alpha UP78 no-clean in an air environment.
>
>      Royce


For the benefit of your non US cousins. Could you tell us what a homeplate is
and what shape it is.

Thanks,




Eric Christison

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