> I an doing the "homeplate" design for all chips, > (0603, 0805, 1206, 1210) and having great success, I find I do not > need to do this with tant type caps. on all other parts I just reduce > the apertures. I currently use Syscon Microscreen for stencils and > running Alpha UP78 no-clean in an air environment. > > Royce For the benefit of your non US cousins. Could you tell us what a homeplate is and what shape it is. Thanks, Eric Christison ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################