I just received a batch of boards from my assembler and most of these board s have a common problem: an 0603 sized inductor, a Coilcraft 0603PS-392KLB, has been damaged. Visually, they look okay, but their value is much too lo w. I've confirmed that the inductors shipped to the assembler were of the c orrect value (I measured the spares) so I'm suspecting that the assembler m ay have overheated the board and the inductors were a casualty. I would not have expected these inductors to be a weak link on the board: it seems to me that some of my other components (e.g., RF MMICs) would fail also, but t hat has not happened; only the inductors are bad.
Thoughts? Has anyone else seen small inductors be particularly vulnerable t o heat?
Thanks,
Darol Klawetter