Mike, See IPC-SM-782A, section 3.6.3.2. Michael Hiteshew Lockheed Martin Launching Systems [log in to unmask] (410) 682-1259 > Michael D. Meanor wrote: > > I have a customer that design their fab with a via hole in the center of > the surface mount land pattern for all of their capacitors...snip > I believe this is a design violation however, I do not know what criteria > to reference and what violation this condition would be. > > ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################