PCB Glossary

Layer-to-Layer Spacing

The thickness of dielectric material between adjacent layers of conductive circuitry in a multi-layer printed circuit board.

Layer-to-Layer Spacing

PCB Glossary

Laser

Light Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Laser

PCB Glossary

Landless Hole

A plated through-hole without a land(s).

Landless Hole

PCB Glossary

Land

On a PCB, the conductive area(s) to which components are attached. Also called pad.

Land

PCB Glossary

Land Pattern

A combination of lands that is used to mount, interconnect and test a particular component.

Land Pattern

PCB Glossary

Lamination

The process of manufacturing a laminate; also the process used for application of a dry film photo-resist.

Lamination

PCB Glossary

Laminate Presses

Multi-layer equipment that applies both pressure and heat to laminate and prepreg to make multi-layer boards.

Laminate Presses

PCB Glossary

Laminate Void

Absence of laminate material in an area which normally contains laminate material.

Laminate Void

PCB Glossary

Laminate Thickness

Thickness of the metal clad base material, single- or double-sided, prior to any subsequent processing.

Laminate Thickness

PCB Glossary

Laminate

A product made by bonding together two or more layers of material.

Laminate

PCB Glossary

Keyway

A slot used to assure the correct location in a mating connector.

Keyway

PCB Glossary

Keying Slot or Polarizing Slot

A slot in a printed circuit board that polarizes it, thereby permitting it to be plugged into its mating receptacle with pins properly aligned, but preventing it from being reversed or plugged into an...

Keying Slot or Polarizing Slot

PCB Glossary

Key

A device designed to assure that the coupling of two components can occur in only one position.

Key

PCB Glossary

Kapton

Du Pont trade name for polyimide film.

Kapton

PCB Glossary

Just-in-time(JIT)

Minimization of inventory by supplying material and components to the production line directly before placement into the product.

Just-in-time(JIT)

PCB Glossary

Jumper

An electrical connection between two points on a printed board added after the intended conductive pattern is formed.

Jumper

PCB Glossary

J-leads

The preferred surface mount lead form used on PLCCs, so named because the lead departs the package body near its Z-axis centre-line, is formed down the rolled under the package. Leads so formed are sh...

J-leads

PCB Glossary

Isolation

The clearance around a pad, track, zone or via that defines the nearest approach allowed by conductors of another signal set.

Isolation

PCB Glossary

IPC

The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits, an American organization.

IPC

PCB Glossary

Interstitial Via Hole

A plated through-hole connecting two or more conductor layers of a multilayer printed board but not extending fully through all the layers of base material comprising the board.

Interstitial Via Hole

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