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- From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:17:02 GMT
- Subject: Re: Green Layer on Circuit Boards?
- Message-ID: <7480099@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- The "layer of green insulation" that you refer to is probably a layer of
- solder resist, which is applied via a photomask process (much the same
- way the rest of the board is made), and whose purpose in life is to keep
- solder off the traces (expcet for the pads, which aren't covered) when the
- board is soldered via a wave-solder machine. While it isn't conductive,
- it is not really intended to be an insulator - at least, that is not its
- chief benefit.
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- If you really wanted to insulate the bottom of a PC board, why not cover it
- with a sheet of plastic (perhaps even some heavy-gauge self-stick Mylar)
- or use one of the "dip" type encapsulating materials?
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- Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
- User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
- myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
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