| Process part |
Process |
Products |
Attributes & Functions |
Main Usages |
Pre
Treatment |
Cleaner |
110/110HS |
Removing
the oxide, duty, fingerprint |
Pre-process
de-oiling of Regular PCB |
| 115 |
| Etching |
120 |
Form
roughness on surface to enhance bonding |
FPCB/Regular
PCB |
| 120S |
| 121S |
| 123 |
| 123 |
| 130 |
| 135 |
| 140 |
| 150 |
| Soda
Ash |
180 |
Dry
Film removal |
Regular
PCB |
Brown
Oxide |
De-oil |
210 |
Removes
oxide film, dust and finger prints from copper film
surface |
Regular
PCB |
| Pre-dip |
240 |
Prevents
infusion of other chemicals into oxide |
Regular
PCB |
| Oxide |
260 |
Acidic
oxide agent with strong acid-endurance and provides
oxide film of organic metal |
FPCB/Regular
PCB |
| De-oil |
270 |
Removes
oxide film, dust and finger prints from copper film
surface |
Regular
PCB |
| Oxide |
280 |
Turns
interior layer copper film surface into dark copper
oxide |
Regular
PCB |
| Oxide |
290 |
Enhances
bonding between interior circuit layers and post-process
black oxides |
Regular
PCB |
| De-smear |
Sweller |
310/315 |
Clean
smudges and oil from surface; removes epoxy residue
inside holes |
FPCB/Regular
PCB |
| De-smear |
340 |
Removes
drill smear on epoxy surfaces with fiber residue |
| Neutralizer |
370 |
Removes
foreign matters from inside holes |
PTH
|
De-oil |
410/410P |
Removes
oil from glass fiber surfaces and epoxy surfaces
to maximize catalyst or bonding function |
FPCB/Regular
PCB/EMI |
| Pre-dip |
430/435 |
Protects
catalyst |
| Catalyst |
440/445 |
Catalyst
is bonded on surfaces |
| Activation |
450/455 |
Bonded
catalyst is augmented |
| Chemical
Copper |
460/460F/465 |
Copper
plating of Through Holes on PCB |
| 4650 |
Assign
conductivity through EMI plating |
Immersion
Tin |
De-oil |
510 |
Removes
finger prints and other pollutants from PCB surfaces |
FPCB/Regular
PCB/EMI |
| Etching |
520 |
Forms
roughness on surface to enhance bonding |
| Tin
Plating |
560 |
Forms
uniform level Tin plating layer of 0.8~1.2
on copper film surface |
ENIG
|
De-oil |
610 |
Removes
oxide film, dust and finger prints from PCB surface |
FPCB/Regular
PCB
non-iron, steel, cast iron, etc. |
| Etching |
620 |
Forms
roughness on surface to enhance bonding |
| Activation |
640 |
Bonds
Palladium on copper areas to act as activator catalyst
for extraction of nickel |
| Nickel
Plating |
660 |
Under
layer plating for gold plating |
| Gold
Plating |
680 |
Substitution
type strike, non-electrolytic plating with excellent
corrosion-resistance and solderability of Nickel |
Stripper
|
Lead
Removal |
711/715 |
Sn/Pb
removal agent of nitric acid base |
FPCB/
Regular PCB |
| Rack
Removal |
720 |
Removes
Sn/Pb and Du extracted in plating tub and rack |
| Dry
Film Removal |
730/731/740 |
Dry
Film removal agent |
| Acid
Etching |
760 |
Copper
film etching for circuit formation in Panel Manufacturing
Process |
| Alkali
Etching |
771 |
Copper
film etching for circuit formation in Panel Manufacturing
Process |
Electrolytic
Plating |
Electric
copper brightener |
810/813 |
Additive
for electric copper plating over non-electrolytic
copper plating |
FPCB/
Regular PCB |
| Solder
brightener |
830 |
Additive
to solder plating solution for pattern protection |
Regular
PCB |
| Others |
PSR
Removal Agent |
960 |
Completely
removes fully hardened dry film and photo-imageable
solder mask |
Regular
PCB |
| Oxidation
prevention agent |
970 |
Concentrated
oxidization prevention agent that delays surface
oxidation as much as possible on electrolytic copper
plating, non-electrolytic copper plating, silver
plating, solder plating and non-iron metals |
FPCB/
Regular PCB |
| Defoaming
agent |
980 |
Defoaming
agent of non-silicon type added to development agent
and peeling agent of dry film, PSR and LPR Ink |
FPCB/
Regular PCB |
| Equipment
detergent |
990 |
Washing
liquid of spray type to wash spray devices
(development, etching and peeling) |
Regular
PCB |