Convergence Pad
Image:Convergence Pads, left THT, right SMD
The Convergence Pad is an invention of Mr Landulf Skoda. It is an extension of the soldering pad to slowly remove the soldering iron from the pad after soldering. The heat thus leaves the pad in a lateral direction and the solder joint cools down very homogeneously. This significantly increases the soldering quality, both during production and repair.
Image: Left: Solder joint has no convergence pad. Right: Solder joint has a convergence pad
There is a video by Ersa illustrating the effect very well:
Copyright of the video: Ersa
The Convergence Pad is patented and for commercial use a licence must be obtained from Mr Skoda: Landulf Skoda
In TARGET you can create convergence pads in the "Convergence pads" dialog in the board view in the menu "Actions / Work preparation":
Image: Dialog in TARGET: Convergence Pads
alias: soldering tag, soldering flag, pad with ligament, pad with bar.