Gaby, Results shown on 16 and 20 mil pitch devices assembled in our 5 assembly houses with soldermask dams has greatly reduced the number of solder shorts. As the manufacturer of the boards for these houses all product with these smt's now get 100% dams. John Haman Jr. ---------- > From: Gabriela Bogdan <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Solder mask between fine pitch pads > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 11:09 AM > > Hi, TechNetters! > Could you please share with me your experience about pro and con's > regarding solder mask > between fine pitch-16mil- pads in relation to the finish of the PCB pads > ? > Not being greedy, I'll save the next question for after some answers. > Thank you, > Gaby > > ################################################################ > 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 technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ 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 technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################