My "benchmark" is "would I allow this to be used in the braking circuits for my wife's car" ------------------------------------ Avanex John Burke Senior Manager RoHS Compliance [log in to unmask] 40919 Encyclopedia Circle Fremont CA 94538 tel: 510 897 4250 fax: 510 979 0189 mobile: 510 676 6312 ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bloomquist, Ken Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Soldermask registration for NSMD BGA pads... Hi Steve, I have a general rule of thumb for class 3 products which is what we build for the aerospace industry. Here's the question; "would I fly on an airplane with this part installed in a critical device?" If you can honestly answer that then go for it :-) Oh by the way, I'm not the higher authority! KennyB -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ryan Grant Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Soldermask registration for NSMD BGA pads... Hmmm, one of THOSE questions!... For that, I'll defer to a higher authority. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Gregory Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Soldermask registration for NSMD BGA pads... Hi Ryan! But would you build class 3 product with these boards, and stand behind it... Kind regards, -Steve Gregory- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------