Precautions
Lead Forming
• The leads of an LED lamp may be preformed or cut to
length before they are inserted and soldered into the
PC board.
• If forming a lead is required before it is soldered, then
take care to avoid any excessive mechanical stress
induced to the LED package. Otherwise, cut the LED
leads to length after soldering at room temperature.
The solder joint formed will absorb the mechanical
stress of the lead cutting from traveling to the LED chip
die attach and wirebond.
• It is recommended that tooling be made precisely and
the leads cut to length, rather than relying on your
hand.
Soldering Conditions
• Care must be taken during PCB assembly and soldering
process to prevent damage to LED component.
• The closest an LED is allowed to be soldered on board is
1.59 mm below the body (encapsulant epoxy) for those
parts without standoff.
• Recommended soldering conditions:
Wave Soldering Manual Solder Dipping
Pre-heat Temperature 105 °C Max. –
Pre-heat Time
30 sec Max. –
Peak Temperature 250 °C Max. 260 °C Max.
Dwell Time
3 sec Max. 5 sec Max.
• The wave soldering parameter must be set and
maintained according to the recommended
temperature and dwell time in the solder wave.
Customer is advised to periodically check the soldering
profile to ensure the soldering profile used always
conforms to recommended soldering condition.
• If necessary, use a fixture during soldering process to
hold the LED component in the proper orientation
with respect to the PCB.
• Proper handling is a must to avoid excessive thermal
stresses to LED components when heated. Therefore,
the soldered PCB must be allowed to cool to room
temperature, 25 °C, before handling.
• To ensure solderability, pay special attention to board
fabrication, solder masking, surface plating and lead
hole size and component orientation.
• Here are the recommended PC board plated through-
hole sizes for LED component leads:
LED Component
Lead Size
Diagonal
Plated Through-
Hole Diameter
Lead size (typ.) 0.45 × 0.45 mm 0.636 mm 0.98 to 1.08 mm
(0.018 × 0.018 in.) (0.025 in) (0.039 to 0.043 in)
Dambar shear- 0.65 mm
off area (max.) (0.026 in)
0.919 mm
(0.036 in)
Lead size (typ.) 0.50 × 0.50 mm 0.707 mm 1.05 to 1.15 mm
(0.020 × 0.020 in.) (0.028 in) (0.041 to 0.045 in)
Dambar shear- 0.70 mm
off area (max.) (0.028 in)
0.99 mm
(0.039 in)
Note: Refer to application note AN1027 for more information on
soldering LED components.
TURBULENT WAVE
LAMINAR WAVE
250
HOT AIR KNIFE
200
150
FLUXING
100
50
30
PREHEAT
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
TIME – SECONDS
BOTTOM SIDE
OF PC BOARD
TOP SIDE OF
PC BOARD
CONVEYOR SPEED = 1.83 M/MIN (6 FT/MIN)
PREHEAT SETTING = 150C (100C PCB)
SOLDER WAVE TEMPERATURE = 245C
AIR KNIFE AIR TEMPERATURE = 390C
AIR KNIFE DISTANCE = 1.91 mm (0.25 IN.)
AIR KNIFE ANGLE = 40
SOLDER: SN63; FLUX: RMA
NOTE: ALLOW FOR BOARDS TO BE
SUFFICIENTLY COOLED BEFORE EXERTING
MECHANICAL FORCE.
Figure 17. Recommended wave soldering profile
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