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Ask the Experts

May 29, 2006 - Updated
July 5, 2007 - Originally Posted

Difference between ENIG and Flash?

With PCB plating what's the difference between ENIG and Flash?

Mike Johnson

Expert Panel Responses

You are comparing apples to oranges. ENIG describes materials (nickel and gold) and processes (electroless for nickel and immersion for gold). Flash describes the plating thickness. Flash typically means a very thin (3 to 10 microinches) coating of gold, regardless of the process. Therefore, flash gold could be electrolytic, electroless, or immersion. Initial problems with flash gold in the 1990's tend to refer to an electroless process used over separable connectors that resulted in galvanic-driven pore corrosion.

Dr. Craig D. Hillman
CEO & Managing Partner
DfR Solutions

Dr. Hillman's specialties include best practices in Design for Reliability, strategies for transitioning to Pb-free, supplier qualification, passive component technology and printed board failure mechanisms.

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