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PCB Surface Finishes: Types and their Impact

Selecting the right PCB surface finish is essential for performance, reliability, and manufacturability. This blog highlights key surface finishes like HAL, ENIG, Immersion Silver, and Electroless Pal... read more

Frank Sampo

December 09, 2024

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The Role of Flexible PCB Design in Next-Generation Robotics

The Role of Flexible PCB Design in Next-Generation Robotics

With the exponential demand for robotics in every field, the demand for smaller, lighter, more flexible electronic components, especially flex PCBs, is rapidly increasing.... read more

Flex PCBs

Flex PCB Design Guide -Optimize Flex PCB Manufacturing

Flexible printed circuit boards (Flex PCBs) are widely used in today’s electronics due to their adaptability and space-saving design. These boards are crucial in industries like wearables, automotive ... read more

First Article Inspection

The Advantages of Using First Article Inspection Service

In the printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing industry, quality control must be maintained to an extreme. First Article Inspection (FAI) ensures that the product quality is at its maximum before go... read more

 Best Practices for High-Frequency PCB Design | PCB Power

Tips to design High Frequency PCB for optimal performance

We all know the importance of military electronic devices like military radars, satellite systems, communications, etc, for the safety of our country. But do you know that these systems consists of hi... read more

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Navigating Challenges in Space-Grade PCBs

Printed circuit boards designed for space applications must meet stringent requirements to ensure reliable operation in the harsh environment of space.... read more

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A Deep Dive into Design, Materials, and Applications of High-Frequency PCBs

Explore the intricate world of high-frequency PCBs, delving into design intricacies, material considerations, and diverse application scenarios for optimal performance.... read more

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PCB Layout Essential Guidelines

PCB layout is a meticulous process of placing components on boards. Organized and neat layout, component placement etc helps to come up with effective PCB layouts. ... read more

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Understanding Gerber Files and Schematic Drawings in PCB Manufacturing

Schematic drawings and Geber Files are essentials for PCB board design. Schematic drawings are the blueprint of PCBs & Geber Files are the actual layout of PCB design. ... read more

Keeping DFM Problems Out of Your PCB Boards

Keeping DFM Problems Out of Your PCB Boards

If you want to keep DFM problems out of your PCB board then this blog has come to the rescue. Quickly check out the solution.... read more

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PCB Manufacturing for Critical Application

Critical applications like aerospace, defence equipment, and medical devices require quality PCB manufacturing. Here is the blog that talks about the right PCB manufacturing for critical applications.... read more

What Type of PCB Substrate Material Is Right for Your PCB?

What Type of PCB Substrate Material Is Right for Your PCB?

Your search for the right type of PCB substrate material ends here. We have the right options for you to improve the efficiency of your PCB.... read more

The Process of PCB Prototyping

The Process of PCB Prototyping

PCB prototype is an early sample of the design. It begins with gathering necessary information, such as number of PCB layers, board thickness, copper thickness etc.... read more

Thermal Reliability of PCB Solder Mask Materials

Thermal Reliability of PCB Solder Mask Materials

Learn more about the factors that affect the thermal reliability of Solder Mask Materials. Read all about it.... read more

PCB Routing Essentials for the Modern Designer

PCB Routing Essentials for the Modern Designer

The guide to find the routing essentials for the modern designer. If you want to become an expert, have a look.... read more

RoHS Compliant PCB Manufacturing - Essential Resources in USA

RoHS Compliant PCB Manufacturing - Essential Resources in USA

PCB Power Market USA provides comprehensive options to meet RoHS compliant PCB manufacturing services in the USA. Contact us to see how we can help you get started with ROHS compliant PCB manufacturin... read more

Everything You Wanted to Know About Automated Inspection Systems — PCB Power USA

Everything You Wanted to Know About Automated Inspection Systems — PCB Power USA

AOI is the visual inspection of a printed circuit board in different stages of PCB fabrication process, of bare PCB as well as assembled PCB with electronic components.... read more

Importance of Materials Selection for Printed Circuit Boards in the USA

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 cir... read more

All About Materials for Printed Circuit Boards USA - PCB Power Market

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 a... read more

How Much Does a PCB Prototype Cost?

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.... read more

Benefits of Multilayered PCB Boards USA

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 m... read more

How to Select Materials for PCBs Considering Cost and Reliability

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... read more

Why is Thickness So Crucial for Printed Circuit Boards in the USA?

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 i... read more

Why Do You Need a PCB And How Do You Design One?

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 prese... read more

Application and Use of PCBs - PCB Power Market

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 critica... read more

What are Copper Clad Laminates? - PCB Power Market

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 th... read more

Different PCB Surface Finishes and Choosing the Right One

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,... read more

What Purpose does Solder Mask Serve? - PCB Power Market

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 so... read more

What are Peel Off, Countersunk & Impedance Control?

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 ... read more

What Are Vias And Why Do You Need Them? - PCB Power Market

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 ... read more

Multi-Layered PCB-Benefits & Applications - PCB Power Market

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... read more

Important Considerations While Designing A Multi-Layer Board

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,... read more

How Reliable your PCBs are - Laminates Using High Tg Material

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... read more

PCB Manufacturing Process - A Step by Step Guide

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,... read more

High-Frequency and High-Speed Multi-Layer PCB Fabrication — Problems and Solutions

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... read more

A Comprehensive Introduction to Aluminum PCBs

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 s... read more

Flexible and Rigid-Flex PCBs and Their Applications

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 printe... read more

A Comprehensive Introduction to Ceramic PCBs

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 e... read more

Deciding the Right Build-Up for A Multi-Layer PCB Design

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... read more

RF Design and High Frequency Board Manufacturing

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.... read more

Significance of AOI in PCB Manufacturing Process

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, malfuncti... read more

Flying Probe Test and Benefits for PCBs

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 l... read more

Difference Between Thickness of Standard and Customized PCBs

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 p... read more

Comparison between Standard Copper Thickness and High Copper Thickness

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.... read more

Single PCB vs PCB array

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 c... read more

Panelization Guidelines from PCB Power Market

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.... read more

PCBs—Applications in the Medical Field

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 ... read more

Medical PCBs — Applicable Standards & Quality

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,... read more

Printed Circuit Board Layers

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.... read more

Importance of PCB Thickness and Power Handling - USA

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 laye... read more

All About RF PCBs - PCB Power USA

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 r... read more

Importance of PCB Thickness and Power Handling - USA

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.... read more