Corey, Have you considered only gold in the connector area? I spent many years building PWB's, and this is often done. Regards, Alex ---------- > From: Lenny Kurup <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Solder GOLD plated connector to PCB's > Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 8:42 AM > > Hello Corey, > > It is recommended that you not solder over a gold thickness of 30 uins, you > will have gold embrittlement caused by the AuSn, intermetallic. If however, > you reduced the gold thickness to < 10 uins, the solder joints will be > stronger, with soldering to the nickel, beneath, occuring. > > Regards, > Lenny Kurup > EMX Enterprises Ltd. > > On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Cory and Lise Steeby wrote: > > > We are evaluating a fully gold plated (30uin) connector for a new product. > > I have heard that soldering a gold plated connector to a PCB can cause a > > brittle solder joint because of the intermetallic bonds made between the > > gold and solder. The assembly is through-hole and wave soldered. Gold > > plating is required of the contact portion of the connector because of > > environment and signal levels. I am trying to weigh the gold contact pro > > against the gold solder joint con. > > > > Can anyone verify this or point me to evidence that this is not a problem? > > > > Thank You > > > > Cory Steeby > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ################################################################ > > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > > ################################################################ > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: > > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > > ################################################################ > > Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. > > For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 > > ################################################################ > > > > > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. > For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################