Article: An alternative drying process for MSDs: components baked at 70[degrees]C for 24 hr. in a vacuum passed IPC and EIA testing.

Ed.: The complete article is at circuitsassembly.com.

J-STD-033B places a costly baking burden on the assembler. To mitigate this, it permits "alternative drying processes" with the following note: "Table 4-1 is based on worst case molded leadframe SMD packages. Users may reduce the actual bake time if technically justified (e.g., absorption/desorption data, etc.)." For lack of a better term, these alternative drying processes "conform" to J-STD-033B.

In 1994, a major cellphone maker internally reported success in driving sufficient moisture from taped MSD packages to prevent delamination at solder reflow. (4) The company baked components at ...

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