Increasing solder hole-fill in a printed circuit board assembly
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSTEPHEN M. HUGO, Matthew S. Kelly
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSTEPHEN M. HUGO, Matthew S. Kelly
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An apparatus for increasing solder hole-fill in a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) are provided in the illustrative embodiments. In the PCBA comprising a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and the device, a pin of a device is caused to move in a first direction, the pin occupying a hole in the PCB, the hole being filled to a first distance by a solder material. By causing the pin to move, the solder material is drawn into the hole up to a second distance that is greater than the first distance. The pin is allowed to move in a second direction, to return the pin to an initial position in the hole. Allowing the pin to move in the second direction keeps the solder material at a third distance, wherein the third distance is greater than the first distance in the hole.
An apparatus for increasing solder hole-fill in a Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), comprising:
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