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The table show use and storage of different surface finishing.

 

HAL

Tin

Chemical gold

Chemical gold

Galv. gold

Galv. gold

Chemical Silver

OSP

 

 

 

Flash gold

Soft
gold

Soft gold

Hard gold

 

 

Thickness

1-40 µm

1µm

0,07µm Au

> 0,4µm Au

> 0,4 µm Au

1,3 µm Au

> 0,25 µm

> 0,2 µm

 

 

 

4µm Ni

4µm Ni

4µm Ni

4µm Ni

 

 

Storage

12
month

6
month.

12
month

> 12 month

> 12 month

> 12 month

6
month

3
month

Pressfit

Yes

*

No

No

No

No

*

No

Pressure connector

Voltage dependent

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Sliding connector
Male/Female
connector

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Al bonding

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Au bonding

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

High frequency
performance

Moderate

Moderate

Poor

Poor

Poor

Poor

Excellent

Excellent


*
If pressfit can be used with chemical tin or chemical silver depend on which process the PCB manufacture is using. Some chemical tin and silver process deposite a organo metallic compound. Civa has not received any documentation that pressfit can be used with this types of surface treatment