PCB Network News There are numerous standards in the circuit board industry, but how many of the commonly used printed circuit board standards do you know? The following is for your reference: 1) IPC-ESD-2020: Joint standard for the development of electrostatic discharge control programs. It includes the design, establishment, implementation, and maintenance necessary for an … Read more
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are the core components in electronic devices, playing a crucial role in connecting and transmitting electrical signals. The manufacturing process is complex and surprising, with each step significantly impacting the performance and reliability of the final product. Therefore, engineers must be well-acquainted with the PCB manufacturing process. This article will discuss … Read more
Method 1: 1. Cut the copper-clad board to the required size for the circuit diagram. 2. Place wax paper on a steel plate, use a pen to draw the circuit diagram on the wax paper at a 1:1 scale, and cut out the drawn circuit diagram according to the size of the circuit board. Place … Read more
In the field of electronic manufacturing, printed circuit boards (PCBs) are indispensable components, and their quality directly affects the performance and reliability of the entire electronic product. To ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices, engineers need to be well-informed about international PCB standards. Below are some commonly used standards, which we hope will … Read more
Successful RF design requires careful attention to every step and detail throughout the design process. This means thorough and careful planning must be done at the start of the design phase, along with comprehensive and continuous evaluation of the progress of each design step. Such meticulous design skills are often lacking in the culture of … Read more
With the rapid development of electronic products, there are many types of circuit boards, including hard boards, soft boards, and rigid-flex boards. Hard boards are ordinary PCB boards that cannot be bent; the vast majority of products use hard boards. Soft boards are flexible boards (FPC), which can be bent to a certain extent and … Read more
When it comes to circuit boards, many people should be familiar with them, as they are ubiquitous in our lives, from small devices like Bluetooth headsets, electronic watches, and calculators to larger systems like computers, communication devices, and military/aerospace systems. Wherever integrated circuits are needed, they rely on PCB to carry electronic components. Before PCB … Read more
In the process of circuit design, application engineers often overlook PCB layout. The common issues encountered are that the circuit schematic is correct, but it does not function properly or only operates at low performance… Have you faced this too? Today, I share an article by TI application engineer Timothy Claycomb on how to properly … Read more
PCB Manufacturing Process The manufacturing of PCBs is very complex. Taking a four-layer printed circuit board as an example, the main steps include PCB layout, core board manufacturing, inner layer PCB layout transfer, core board drilling and inspection, lamination, drilling, copper plating of the hole walls, outer layer PCB layout transfer, and outer layer PCB … Read more
PCB grounding is a concern for PCB layout engineers, such as how to effectively plan a grounding system on the board, whether to wire analog, digital, and power grounds separately or together at a single point, and how to eliminate ground loops on the circuit board. Today, we will mainly discuss PCB grounding design, PCB … Read more