Can anyone help me? > I have been told by a chip component manufacturer that the reason they > changed the pin out on a resistor network from a concave to a convex was > because it allowed them to place the pin terminations farther away from > one another, which in turn helped to reduce the issue of silver migration. > > My questions are: > > 1. What are the conditions that silver migration can occur? > > 2. Could these conditions be present in chip components, particulary > resistor array networks? > > 3. Has anyone ever heard of this or had issues with this? > > 4. Is there any supporting research to back this claim? > > Thanks in advance for you support. > > Kathy Palumbo ################################################################ 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 ################################################################