Layer-to-Layer Spacing
The thickness of dielectric material between adjacent layers of conductive circuitry in a multi-layer printed circuit board.
Land
On a PCB, the conductive area(s) to which components are attached. Also called pad.
Land Pattern
A combination of lands that is used to mount, interconnect and test a particular component.
Lamination
The process of manufacturing a laminate; also the process used for application of a dry film photo-resist.
Laminate Presses
Multi-layer equipment that applies both pressure and heat to laminate and prepreg to make multi-layer boards.
Laminate Void
Absence of laminate material in an area which normally contains laminate material.
Laminate Thickness
Thickness of the metal clad base material, single- or double-sided, prior to any subsequent processing.
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...
Key
A device designed to assure that the coupling of two components can occur in only one position.
Just-in-time(JIT)
Minimization of inventory by supplying material and components to the production line directly before placement into the product.
Jumper
An electrical connection between two points on a printed board added after the intended conductive pattern is formed.
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...
Isolation
The clearance around a pad, track, zone or via that defines the nearest approach allowed by conductors of another signal set.
IPC
The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits, an American organization.
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.
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