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2 Critical Considerations for Gold-Plated Termination-Finishes

TI offers a variety of termination finishes for compliant hermetic packages, for example:

Alloy-42 leads with Sn63Pb37 hot solder dip.
Alloy-42 or Kovar leads with 50μ-in to 350 μ-in of nickel underplate and 60 μ-in to 225 μ-in of gold finish plate.
Alloy-42 or Kovar leads with 50μ-in to 350 μ-in of nickel underplate and SN63Pb37 hot solder dip.

Table 2-1 MIL-PRF-38535 TABLE A-III Composition and Coating Thickness Requirements

Coating	Minimum	Maximum
Hot solder dip (for all round leads)	60 μ-in	Not Specified
Hot solder dip (for all shapes other than round leads which have ≤ 25 mil pitch)	150 μ-in	Not Specified
Hot solder dip (for all shapes other than round leads with > 25 mil pitch)	200 μ-in	Not Specified
Tin-lead plate (as plated)	300 μ-in	Not Specified
Tin-lead plate (fused)	200 μ-in	Not Specified
Gold plate	50 μ-in	225 μ-in
Nickel plate (electroplate)	50 μ-in	350 μ-in
Nickel plate (electroless)	50 μ-in	250 μ-in
Nickel cladding	50 μ-in	350 μ-in

The electronics industry currently recognizes a threshold level of 3% gold by weight that can be dissolved into eutectic tin-lead solder above which the solder-joint can exhibit gold embrittlement.

With the specified gold thickness it is recommended that gold-plated leads be pre-tinned (solder-dipped) before board mounting to scavenge the gold from the leads. If this is not done, there is a chance of gold-embrittlement of the board-level solder-joints. A flowing solder-pot or two passes in a static solder-pot is recommended. Solder-pot solder composition should be periodically monitored for gold content.