Immersion silver plating

Immersion silver plating (or IAg plating) is a surface plating process that creates a thin layer of silver over copper objects. It consists in dipping the object briefly into a solution containing silver ions.

Immersion silver plating is used by the electronics industry in manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs), to protect copper conductors from oxidation and improve solderability.

Advantages and disadvantages

Immersion silver coatings have excellent surface planarity, compared more traditional coating processes such as hot air solder leveling (HASL).

They also have low losses in high-frequency applications due to the skin effect.

On the other hand, silver coatings will degrade over time due to oxidation or air contaminants such as sulfur compounds and chlorine.

A problem peculiar to solver coatings is the formation of silver whiskers under electric fields, which may short out components [1]

Specifications

IPC Standard: IPC-4553

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See also

References
  1. Slocum, Dan, Jr. (2003-09-25). "Surface Finishes Utilized in the PCB Industry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-15.


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