Gerber
Vector-based language, developed by Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, for sending commands to photoplotters.
Fused Coating
A metallic coating, usually tin or solder alluvia, which has been melted and solidified forming a metallurgical bond to the base material.
Functional Test
To check an assembly using equipment that tests for the functions intended and engaging inputs and outputs.
Fully-Additive Process
An additive process wherein the entire thickness of electrically isolated conductors is built-up by copper.
FR4
Flame retardent laminate made from woven glass fibre material impregnated with epoxy resin.
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.
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...
Foil
A thin sheet of metal, usually copper, used as the conductor for printed circuits.
Flux-cored Solder
A wire of solder that contains one or more continuous flux-filled cavities along its length.
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 Residue
A flux-related contaminant that is present on or near the surface after soldering and, if possible, should be washed away.
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.
Flush Conductor
A conductor whose outer surface is in the same plane as the surface of the insulating material adjacent to the conductor.
Fluorocarbon
An organic compound having fluorine atoms in its structure to lend chemical and thermal stability to plastics.
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.
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...
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.
Flexible Printed Wiring
A random arrangement of printed wiring utilizing flexible base material with or without flexible cover layers.
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