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DFM 101: PCB Materials

Introduction One of the biggest challenges facing PCB designers is understanding the cost drivers in the PCB manufacturing process. This article is the first in a series that will discuss these cost drivers (from the PCB manufacturer’s perspective) and t…
that is specified on the fabrication print. 1Figure 11 GHz and up…ve dielectric constants ranging from 2.94 to 10.8. The filler material may be a ceramic or
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DFM 101: PCB Controlled Impedance

Introduction One of the biggest challenges facing PCB designers is not understanding the cost drivers in the PCB manufacturing process. This article is the latest in a series that will discuss these cost drivers (from the PCB manufacturer’s perspective) …
10…10…e construction. Conformance Tests 100
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Standard of Excellence: The Beauty of a Partnership

Partnerships are now more important than ever, not only with your vendors (as we regularly focus on in this column), but with your competitors as well. “Competitors” is kind of a nasty word, isn’t it? But there is no denying that’s what we are. I believe …
mbly partners. I do believe that if the last 18 months have taught us anything…19 vaccine was developed so quickly was becaus…l Armstrong could walk on the moon less than 12 years after Sputnik shook us up. Talk about
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Standard of Excellence: Working Through Shortages

Right now, we are all facing the same challenges of not having the right “everything,” from laminates in my industry to critical components in other related industries. As the result of the pandemic, severe shortages—both real and created—from our offshor…
As we have heard so many times over the past 15 months…overcame the great shortage challenges of 2021.
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Standard of Excellence: Great Things Are Accomplished With Partnerships

Partnerships are not always easy, but they are more important than ever. I urge all of us to extend ourselves in establishing and sustaining great partnerships with our vendors and customers. There are some very simple steps to developing and sustainin…
19 pandemic. The reason that the scientists of
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Standard of Excellence: Partnering to Produce New and Innovative Products

One of the benefits of working in close partnership with your vendor partners is working with them to develop new products for the industry—whether it’s a new thermal management material with one of your laminate vendors or helping them develop a new piec…
getting a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Later
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DFM 101: Plating Methods

Introduction One of the biggest challenges facing PCB designers is not understanding the cost drivers in the PCB manufacturing process. This article is the latest in a series that will discuss these cost drivers (from the PCB manufacturer’s perspective) …

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DFM 101: Edge Plating

One of the biggest challenges facing PCB designers is not understanding the cost drivers in the PCB manufacturing process. This article is the latest in a series that will discuss these cost drivers (from the PCB manufacturer’s perspective) and the design…
required to wrap around to the surface is 0.015…0.010…0.100
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DFM 101: Solder Mask and Legend

Introduction One of the biggest challenges facing PCB designers is understanding the cost drivers in the PCB manufacturing process. This article is the latest in a series that will discuss these cost drivers from the PCB manufacturer’s perspective, and t…
to satisfy the needs of all customers. Table 1 is a description of typical solder masks cur…not applicable for panel sizes over 18… solder mask clearance should be 0.010
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Standard of Excellence: From Partnership to Greatness

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade. Not because it will be easy, but because it will be hard. And because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. Because the challenge is one, we are willing to ...
Rice University September 12… 1962 That speech represents the onset of the … in July 1969… like in the 1960s
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