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September 5, 2006

Lead free BGA's and HASL

Is it possible to assemble lead free BGA components on circuit boards prepared with HASL finish?

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It is possible to assemble Lead Free BGA with tin/lead HASL but, as mentioned in previous compatibility issues, this is not recommended. The issue is the segregation of the lead from the board finish. Is the BGA the only lead free device on the board and is your intention to assemble with Sn/Pb or Lead-free solder? It is difficult to answer with out having a better picture of the overall assembly and final requirement for this assembly.

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Karl Seelig
Vice President of Technology
AIM
In his 25 years of industry experience, Mr. Seelig has authored over 30 published articles on topics including lead-free assembly, no-clean technology, and process optimization. Karl holds numerous patents, including four for lead-free solder alloys, and was a key developer of no-clean technology.

One of many issues raised by the transition to Pb-free manufacturing is mixed metal assembly ( http://www.meecc.com/pres2006/Track%203%20-%20Poole.pdf). For a situation like this, when using Pb-free solder paste (e.g. SAC alloy based), higher reflow temperatures are used. These higher temperatures alloy for greater chance of homogenous mixing of the SAC and Sn/Pb alloys.

When using a Sn/Pb based solder paste, there will be incomplete mixing of the alloys leaded to a solder joint with severely impacted reliability. (D. Hillman, et al., The Impact of Reflowing a Pb free Solder Alloy Using a Tin/Lead Solder Alloy Reflow Profile on Solder Joint Integrity, International Conference on Lead-free Soldering, CMAP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 24-26, 2005). In either case the addition of Pb to the Pb-free solder joint will impact the reliability of the final solder joint and should be tested. The more homogenous the overall solder joint, the better the overall reliability (J. Pan, et al., IPC/JEDEC Pb-free Conference, San Jose, 2006.).

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Dr. Brian Toleno
Application Engineering
Henkel Electronics
Dr. Brian Toleno is the Application Engineering Team leader for Henkel Technologies. He is responsible for the technical service and application engineering for Henkel's electronics assembly materials, including solder paste, underfills, PCB protection materials, and underfills.
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