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Gobright® TWX-40 Gold Electrolyte

Gobright® TWX-40 Gold Electrolyte

Semi autocatalytic gold electrolyte

Gobright® TWX-40 is a special gold electrolyte specifically designed for plating on electroless palladium deposits. The electrolyte is able to deposit uniform gold layers up to 0.3 μm independent of pad sizes and PCB surface potential. Due to its semi autocatalytic reaction corrosive attack on the intermediate nickel layer is almost excluded. As a result an improvement in solder joint reliability and gold wire bondability can be achieved.

Electrolyte characteristics

Electrolyte type

Semi autocatalytic

Metal content

1.2 (1.0 - 1.4) g/l Au

pH value

7.1 (6.9 - 7.4)

Operating temperature

78 (76 - 84) °C

Plating speed

0.12 μm/15 min at 78°C

Coating characteristics

Coating

Fine gold

Purity

99.9 wt.%

Colour of deposit

Yellow

Advantages

  • Can be used for different solderable and bondable PCB final finishes: ENEPIG, ENIG, EPIG and ISIG
  • Does not cause Ni corrosion, even with higher gold layer thicknesses
  • Homogeneous perfect gold thickness distribution, independent of circuit layout and potential
  • Excellent solder joint reliability
  • Very good gold wire bondability
  • Can be directly deposited on nickel or palladium without intermediate activation

Applications

  • LED application
  • Medical technology
  • Aerospace technology

Downloads

  • Produktblatt-umicore-gobright-twx-40-en-screen-20190416.pdf

Your contact person

Markus Legeler

Markus Legeler

Manager Sales International
T: +49 7171 607 204
F: +49 7171 607 316
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Umicore RISE Strategy 2030