Another custom approach is our variable pitch design. No longer are you limited to a vendor’s standard catalogue offering or only square or rectangular custom designs. We let you be-come your own capacitor designer by not only telling us the desired capacitance and voltage, but also the size, shape, and location of leads! This process helps insure that the resulting capacitor satisfies every aspect of your design requirements.
Johanson Dielectrics’ tin-lead plated products are offered for high reliability, aerospace, and other applications where tin whiskering is a concern. The plating is tin-lead over nickel barrier with 5% minimum lead content. The lead content of the plating in every manufacturing lot is verified using the XRF method, and this data is available upon request. The tin-lead plated products fulfill MIL-PRF-55681 finish requirements.
RESULTS:
Three (3) separate representative lots of Johanson Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCC) all plated on the same Johanson plating line, completed and meet all iNEMI acceptance requirements of:
All samples exhibited no (zero) tin whisker growth during both specified storage tests, and ≤ 30 micron tin whisker growth during temperature cycling, therefore meeting the 45 micron specified maximum.
DETAILS:
Johanson Dielectrics MLCCs tested:
JTI Part Number | Part Description | EIA Size | Manufacturing Order Number | Lot Number | Test ID |
500R11W103MV4 | 50VDC, 10nF, MLCC | 0504 | 145110-03 | 234-6001 | C1 |
302R18W102KV4 | 3KV, 1nF, MLCC | 1206 | 441062-00 | 234-6071 | C2 |
102S43W223KV4 | 1KV, 22nF, MLCC | 1812 | 412825-00 | 131-6064 | C4 |
Nine (9) samples of each part number were tested in each of the three Tin Whisker tests conducted in parallel and described in Figure 1. All three tests were run as specified for class 2 products, i.e., 1500 temperature cycles, and 4000 hours for each of the storage tests.
Whiskers Tests to perform according to the JEDEC Standards | |||
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Test definition | Temperature cycling | Room temperature/Humidity storage | High temperature/Humidity storage |
Condition | -55 +0/-10°C to 85 +10/-0°C or -40 +0/-10°C to 85 + 10/-0°C Soak: 10 mn / 3 cycles/hr Readout: every 500 cycles Minimum duration: 1000v cycles Minimum duration: 1500iii cycles for class 2 products |
30±2°C 60±3 %RHv Readout: every 1000hr Minimum duration : 3000 hrv Minimum duration : 4000 hriii for class 2 products |
60±5°C 87+3/-2 %RHv or 55±3°C 85±3 %RHiii Readout: every 1000hr Minimum duration : 3000 hrv Minimum duration : 4000 hriii for class 2 products |
Whisker control and sampling | - Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with a magnification X300 - 3 sample locations for coupons and 3 visible sides for components Sample - 3 Lots per stress with 2 samples with 96 screening inspection and 18 Detailed inspection per read-out for Multi-leaded component - 3 Lots per stress with 3 samples with 18 screening inspection and 18 Detailed inspection per read-out for passive and discrete components with 4 leads or fewer |
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Criteria | Equivalent or better to reference part with Pb or if not: < 40μm for Room temperature/Humidity storage and High temperature/humidity storage < 45μm for Temperature cycling |
Figure 1