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April 26, 2022
Significance of AOI in PCB Manufacturing Process
Irrespective of the goal of having a printed circuit board or PCB in a device, it is imperative that the PCB functions properly. As the performance of a product depends primarily on its PCB, malfunctions can be serious.
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April 25, 2022
Importance of PCB Thickness and Power Handling - USA
A PCB has several layers and their individual thicknesses add up to the final thickness of a Printed Circuit Board. The major contribution comes to PCB thickness come from the core layer, prepreg layers, and copper layers.
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April 26, 2022
RF Design and High Frequency Board Manufacturing
The performance of a product operating at high frequencies depends largely on the electrical characteristics of the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) used for mounting and connecting its circuit components.
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May 17, 2022
Importance of Materials Selection for Printed Circuit Boards in the USA
Making the right choices for materials for printed circuit boards in the US is an important issue for designers, as their choice not only decides the board’s performance, but also the price of the circuit board.
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April 26, 2022
High-Frequency and High-Speed Multi-Layer PCB Fabrication — Problems and Solutions
Signal integrity is a major consideration when transitioning a quality printed circuit board (PCB) design from prototype to production. This requirement has been necessary
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April 26, 2022
A Comprehensive Introduction to Aluminum PCBs
A regular Printed Circuit Board (PCB) made of FR-4 or CEM1-3 material is not very good at removing heat from components mounted on it and generating heat. Although designer use thermal vias and heat sinks for removal
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April 25, 2022
Comparison between Standard Copper Thickness and High Copper Thickness
Manufacturers purchase material for PCB or printed circuit board from laminate suppliers. The substrate comes pre-clad with copper sheet on one or both sides.
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April 26, 2022
Flying Probe Test and Benefits for PCBs
When manufacturing PCBs, it is necessary to check the electrical circuit of a completed PCB against the Netlist file that the design engineer of the project had defined earlier when creating the PCB layout.
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April 26, 2022
How Reliable your PCBs are - Laminates Using High Tg Material
Construction methods of Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are essentially similar, although their constituent materials and the intrinsic quality of their surfaces may differ. These differences affect the durability
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April 25, 2022
Difference Between Thickness of Standard and Customized PCBs
Procuring a printed circuit board (PCB) involves considering several factors such as its profile, weight, and components. Thickness of a PCB is one of the main criteria, as the thickness decides its performance and functionality.
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April 26, 2022
Flexible and Rigid-Flex PCBs and Their Applications
Electronic gadgets are increasingly getting thinner and smaller. Wearable electronics must conform to body contours. Rather than use conventional rigid boards, OEMs find flexible and rigid-flex printed circuit boards
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April 26, 2022
PCB Manufacturing Process - A Step by Step Guide
Forming the backbone of almost all electronic devices, from simple to the most complex, Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) is an electro-mechanical structure for holding the electronic components together,
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April 25, 2022
Panelization Guidelines from PCB Power Market
PCB manufacturers use panelization as a popular method for effectively arranging small PCBs to fit standard laminate sizes, hereby making it easier to manufacture them in large numbers.
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April 25, 2022
Medical PCBs — Applicable Standards & Quality
The steep evolution in the medical field has sharpened the diagnostic powers of the medical fraternity. Rather than diagnose based on visible symptoms that is often subjective and misleading,
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April 20, 2022
All About RF PCBs - PCB Power USA
RF or Radio Frequency Printed Circuit Board manufacturing is a fast-growing sector within the PCB manufacturing industry. However, this sector covers RF PCB manufacturing for applications of regular radio frequency to Microwave frequencies.
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April 25, 2022
Printed Circuit Board Layers
There are several layers even in a simple PCB or Printed Circuit Board. As implied by the name, a printed circuit board has an electrical circuit imprinted on it in the form of traces.
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April 26, 2022
What Are Vias And Why Do You Need Them?
Just as a printed circuit board (PCB) is a means to allow interconnection of different components, vias are means to interconnect different layers on and within the multilayered PCBs. Also, just like there are various types of PCBs,
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April 26, 2022
What Purpose does Solder Mask Serve?
As the name suggests, this is a chemical layer on an unpopulated printed circuit board (PCB) with openings for the areas solder will cover and for masking the rest. The main objective is to prevent solder from accidentally
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April 26, 2022
What are Peel Off, Countersunk & Impedance Control?
Peel-off masks, also known as peelable masks, strippable masks, or blue masks, are mainly solder masks placed on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) to act as protection during assembly, with the assembler removing them after processing.
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April 26, 2022
What are Copper Clad Laminates?
Engineers use Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) to mechanically support components in electronic equipment. PCBs also provide the necessary electrical interconnections between the components mounted on them with the help of copper pads and traces present on the PCB
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May 17, 2022
Benefits of Machine Assembly for Printed Circuit Boards in the USA
Contract manufacturers populate and solder printed circuit boards in the US with components to make them functional. Essentially, they must solder a specific component at its designated place for the board to perform as intended.
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April 26, 2022
Multi-Layered PCB — Benefits & Applications
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) in the past were simple, providing the basic functions through leaded components and copper traces connecting them. Today, PCBs are far more complex structures offering a variety of types including
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April 26, 2022
Different PCB Surface Finishes and Choosing the Right One
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) have Copper traces on their surfaces. As Copper oxidizes and deteriorates if left unprotected, it can make the board unusable. To prevent such deterioration,
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April 26, 2022
A Comprehensive Introduction to Ceramic PCBs
With Surface Mount Technology (SMT) being the mainstay of the electronics industry, printed circuit boards {PCBs} are moving from the traditional organic laminates as substrate material to ones with exceptionally high
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April 27, 2022
Application and Use of PCBs
Most electronic equipment has at least one PCB or Printed Circuit Board as their key component. Although most users of such equipment are unaware of the existence of a PCB within, the board is critical
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May 03, 2022
How to Select Materials for PCBs Considering Cost and Reliability
The properties and functions of a Printed Circuit Board or PCB depend primarily on the material it uses for its substrate. Designers select the material for the PCB substrate based on the requirements set by the application of the project
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April 26, 2022
Deciding the Right Build-Up for A Multi-Layer PCB Design
Deciding the right build-up or stack-up for a multi-layer PCB design can be a daunting task as it involves several dependencies, some of them interdependent. The process must decide on variables
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April 27, 2022
Why is Thickness So Crucial for Printed Circuit Boards in The USA?
The thickness of a printed circuit board in the USA depends primarily on its application. Maintaining the specified thickness during PCB fabrication in the USA depends on the manufacturing processes involved.
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April 19, 2022
Benefits of Single- and Double-Sided Printed Circuit Boards USA
Printed circuit boards or PCBs help in keeping electronic components safe and secure, while offering a means of interconnecting them so that the entire circuit functions as the designer intended.
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April 25, 2022
PCBs—Applications in the Medical Field
With the medical field becoming more sophisticated and computerized, many diagnostic and treatment practices depend more on automated machines. These in turn, must depend on printed circuit boards or PCBs.
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April 26, 2022
Important Considerations While Designing A Multi-Layer Board
Apart from the regular Design Rule Checks (DRC) that most Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design software offer and the various standards that one has to follow while designing a PCB,
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May 17, 2022
Benefits of Multilayered PCB Boards USA
Printed circuit boards in the USA may be single-, double-, or multi-layered. While simple boards are typically single- or double-layered, complex printed circuit board manufacturers in the US always make them multi-layered.
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April 27, 2022
Why you need a PCB and how do you Design one?
Although a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is a common term in the electrical and electronics arena, few are aware of its origins, requirements, and design requirements. Before PCBs evolved to their present state,
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May 17, 2022
All About Materials for Printed Circuit Boards USA
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the US are mostly a flat laminated composite. PCB manufacturers use non-conductive substrate materials along with layers of copper circuitry on the external surfaces and buried in internal layers.
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April 25, 2022
Single PCB vs PCB array
When a fabricator is supplying bare PCBs, you have the option of receiving the boards as individual PCBs or in the form of an array. Manufacturers combine a single PCB multiple times, a process they call step and repeat, to form a large array of mechanically connected boards.
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May 17, 2022
How Much Does a PCB Prototype Cost?
Whether the circuit board is simple or complex, investing in a prototype pays off by eliminating or at least reducing changes to a large extent that could upset schedules.
