What Drives PCB Design Cost: Scope, Time and Revisions Two quotations for the same board can differ by a factor of two, and the difference is almost never in the hourly rate. PCB design cost follows from the scope of the work, the engineering time the scope actually consumes and…

PCB BGA Rework Procedure: A Practical Review for Manufacturing Teams Modern electronics depend on boards that are assembled correctly the first time. Every product – a phone, a charger, a medical instrument or an industrial controller – relies on thousands of solder joints that must conduct current for years. This…

PCB Laser Soldering for Flex: What Matters on the Production Line Modern electronics depend on boards that are assembled correctly the first time. Every product – a phone, a charger, a medical instrument or an industrial controller – relies on thousands of solder joints that must conduct current for years.…

PCB Ultrasonic Welding of Interconnects: From Prototype to Volume Production Modern electronics depend on boards that are assembled correctly the first time. Every product – a phone, a charger, a medical instrument or an industrial controller – relies on thousands of solder joints that must conduct current for years. This…

PCB Thermal Compression Bonding: From Prototype to Volume Production Buyers and engineers often focus on the finished product and forget the production line behind it. In practice, most field failures can be traced back to process decisions made during assembly. Understanding PCB thermal compression bonding gives you a practical advantage…

PCB Lid Sealing for Packages: Key Process and Quality Checks Electronics manufacturing has become a discipline of small details. Solder paste volumes, placement accuracy, temperature profiles and inspection limits all add up to the final result. This guide looks at PCB lid sealing for packages from the perspective of a…

PCB Die Attach Materials: A Factory-Floor Review Modern electronics depend on boards that are assembled correctly the first time. Every product – a phone, a charger, a medical instrument or an industrial controller – relies on thousands of solder joints that must conduct current for years. This article explains PCB…

How to Evaluate a PCB Design Company Selecting a PCB design company is a decision that is difficult to reverse, because the design data, the conventions used to produce it and the reasoning behind the choices all live with the supplier. Changing supplier part way through a project is possible…

AI Server Demand and Supply Chain Pressure on Board Fabrication The demand created by accelerated computing has changed the market for high performance boards more in a few years than the previous decade did. A product that uses a large number of high layer count boards, each with a low…

The SMT Process from Prototype to Volume Production The route from a design file to a delivered assembly passes through the same stages every time, and the value of describing the SMT process end to end is that it shows where the design decisions take effect. A defect that appears…