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Hello everybody ! I�ve known thickness of gold over nickel ... - Jan 08, 2001 by jvasconcelos

Ask your supplier if he will guarantee to cover rework, war... - Jan 08, 2001 by davef

Consider the recommendations of J-STD-012 as the baseline f... - Jan 08, 2001 by davef

Anyone want to convert to microns rather than micro inches?... - Jan 09, 2001 by

So true!!!! I'm with you 100%. I get so tired of those pe... - Jan 09, 2001 by davef

Furlongs? won't that be confusing and leave a lot to interp... - Jan 10, 2001 by

jvasconcelos

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Chip on board - board metalization | 8 January, 2001

Hello everybody ! I�ve known thickness of gold over nickel board of chip on board (COB) boards are between 5 �n 15 microinches. A supplier suggested 1 to 4 microinches of gold over nickel ! Have someone any expierince about it ? I�m glad if you help me !

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davef

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Re: Chip on board - board metalization | 8 January, 2001

Ask your supplier if he will guarantee to cover rework, warranty, and lost business costs, if he's incorrect.

Below 2uinch gold is very pourous and not worth anything in preventing corrosion of your nickel undercoat. 3 uinch has to be the absolute minimum gold thickness.

Further, that minimum has to be counter balanced by a maximum thickness of gold so to not form excessive gold-tin intermetallics that could affect the LT reliability of your product. From that perspective, your 15 uinches is far too high, especially when thinking about the relatively small pad size of your component.

Consider 3 to 8 uinches as your specification.

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davef

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Re: Chip on board - board metalization | 8 January, 2001

Consider the recommendations of J-STD-012 as the baseline for your efforts.

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Rob K

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Re: Chip on board - board metalization | 9 January, 2001

Anyone want to convert to microns rather than micro inches?

.... or would furlongs be better?

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davef

#2064

Re: Chip on board - board metalization | 9 January, 2001

So true!!!! I'm with you 100%.

I get so tired of those people with their metric this and that. You know what I do? If someone talks centimeters, I just mutiply it times 0.4 to get inches!!! And another thing, if I ever wanted to convert inches to centimeters, just divide it by 0.4. Cool, eh? ;-)

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Michael Parker

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Re: Chip on board - board metalization | 10 January, 2001

Furlongs? won't that be confusing and leave a lot to interpretation?

Question: How long do you want it fur? Answer: 6 months, the unit will be obolete by then.

and let's not forget the Animal Rights activists, they will have a field day if they begin to suspect this industry advocates the senseless killing just to get long fur.

Ay, chihuahua

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Michael Parker

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Re: Chip on board - board metalization | 10 January, 2001

Furlongs? won't that be confusing and leave a lot to interpretation?

Question: How long do you want it fur? Answer: 6 months, the unit will be obolete by then.

and let's not forget the Animal Rights activists, they will have a field day if they begin to suspect this industry advocates the senseless killing just to get long fur.

Ay, chihuahua

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