Bare PCB Reliability Testing
PCB Bare Board Reliability Testing Methods Interconnect Stress Test (IST) is an accelerated stress test method used to evaluate the integrity of the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) interconnect structure. Highly…
Metal Core Heavy copper PCB
Metal Core Heavy copper PCB To operate efficiently and ensure reliability, heat must be removed from heat-generating power components. As a result of faster speeds, reduced format, and more devices…
PCB Thermal Management – Metal Coins
PCB Thermal Management – Metal Coins To operate efficiently and ensure reliability, heat must be removed from heat-generating power components. As a result of faster speeds, reduced format, and more…
Aluminum and copper Heat sink PCB
Aluminum and copper Heat sink PCB To operate efficiently and ensure reliability, heat must be removed from heat-generating power components. As a result of faster speeds, reduced format, and more…
Advanced Photonics Packaging & Etch Thick Film Ceramics
Photonics Customer Challenge Next-generation Integrated Coherent Transmitter & Receiver Optical Sub-Assembly (IC-TROSA) are targeting 100G+ Increased demand for high-speed bandwidth. Increased component density. Thermal management challenges. Cost challenges. Current Thin…
Engineered Thermal Solutions (ETS)
HDVP Engineered Thermal Solutions (ETS) Customer Challenges Components mounted on PCB surfaces are overheating System density is ever increasing Engineers are forced to place more power in less space Traditional…
ML PCB manufacturing – Pattern Plating, Solder Mask, Surface Finish
Pattern plating Pattern plating is a DC electroplating process. The drilled holes, which are made conducting in the PTH process, are built up to 25 microns, to act as good…
How PCB Fabrication process drives DFM Guidelines
Key Process Tolerances that Affect Registration PhotoimagingInner Layers, Pattern Plating, Solder mask, and Silk ScreenFront to back +/-2milLayer to Layer +/3mil Etching solutions undercut dry film and tin, so artwork…
PCB Technology Cost Factors
Introduction Present the cost impact of many PCB design attributes. Conveys trend data only (does not represent the entire process for establishing the price of PCBs). Help to provide some…
Optical PCB
Drivers and Motivation for Optical PCB Power and Signal Integrity challenges with conventional copper PCB is becoming a significant gating factor, to copper PCB. Optical solutions offer significant advantages over…