PCB Glossary

GI

Laminate made from woven glass fibre material impregnated with polyimide resin.

GI

PCB Glossary

Gerber

Vector-based language, developed by Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, for sending commands to photoplotters.

Gerber

PCB Glossary

Gas Blanket

A flowing inert gas atmosphere used to keep metal from oxidizing.

Gas Blanket

PCB Glossary

Fused Coating

A metallic coating, usually tin or solder alluvia, which has been melted and solidified forming a metallurgical bond to the base material.

Fused Coating

PCB Glossary

Functional Test

To check an assembly using equipment that tests for the functions intended and engaging inputs and outputs.

Functional Test

PCB Glossary

Fully-Additive Process

An additive process wherein the entire thickness of electrically isolated conductors is built-up by copper.

Fully-Additive Process

PCB Glossary

FR4

Flame retardent laminate made from woven glass fibre material impregnated with epoxy resin.

FR4

PCB Glossary

Forced-air Convection

Convection, consisting of flow, rate, velocity and temperature, as heat transfer of fluid or gas over solder joints to be re-flowed.

Forced-air Convection

PCB Glossary

Footprint

(See also Land Pattern).A set of properly sized and placed pads of a PCB on which a surface mounted component can be placed and soldered. Alternatively, the footprint is the board area occupied by a s...

Footprint

PCB Glossary

Foil

A thin sheet of metal, usually copper, used as the conductor for printed circuits.

Foil

PCB Glossary

Flux-cored Solder

A wire of solder that contains one or more continuous flux-filled cavities along its length.

Flux-cored Solder

PCB Glossary

Flux, Activated Rosin Flux

A mixture of rosin and small amounts of organic-halide or organic-acid activator, which improves the ability of a flux to remove surface oxides from the surfaces being joined.

Flux Activated Rosin Flux

PCB Glossary

Flux Residue

A flux-related contaminant that is present on or near the surface after soldering and, if possible, should be washed away.

Flux Residue

PCB Glossary

Flux

A substance used to promote or facilitate fusion, such as a material used to remove oxides from surfaces to be joined by soldering welding.

Flux

PCB Glossary

Flush Conductor

A conductor whose outer surface is in the same plane as the surface of the insulating material adjacent to the conductor.

Flush Conductor

PCB Glossary

Fluorocarbon

An organic compound having fluorine atoms in its structure to lend chemical and thermal stability to plastics.

Fluorocarbon

PCB Glossary

Flow Soldering

Also called wave soldering. A method of soldering printed circuit boards by moving them over a flowing wave of molten solder in a solder bath.

Flow Soldering

PCB Glossary

Flood Bar

A device on a screen printer that drags solder paste back to the starting point after the squeegee has made a stroke. The return is for set-up of the next stroke as it does no printing on the backstro...

Flood Bar

PCB Glossary

Flexure Failure

A conductor failure due to repeated flexing which is indicated by an increase of resistance to a specified value for a specified time.

Flexure Failure

PCB Glossary

Flexible Printed Wiring

A random arrangement of printed wiring utilizing flexible base material with or without flexible cover layers.

Flexible Printed Wiring

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