Karen Lin
Apr 10,2014
1066
PCB Test Exhibition & Seminar -‘ElectroTestExpo 2014’
The ‘ElectroTestExpo’ consortium is pleased to announce the dates for its regional PCB test and debug exhibitions to be held during 2014. Now enjoying its fifth consecutive year of free-to-attend ...
Karen Lin
Apr 10,2014
1617
Fly-Buck converter PCB layout tips
Synchronous buck converters have gained acceptance as isolated bias supplies in communications and industrial markets. Isolated buck converters, or Fly-Buck™ converters as they are commonly call...
Karen Lin
Apr 10,2014
1085
PCB characteristics affect PDN performance
The basic design rules for power distribution networks (PDN) teach us that the best performance is obtained from a uniform, frequency independent (or flat) impedance profile. This is one reason that ...
Karen Lin
Apr 10,2014
804
PCB Manufacturing Industry to Grow to $74.3B in 2018
The global PCB manufacturing market is expected to increase from around $62.3 billion in 2013 to around $74.31 billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 3.6%, according to research firm IndustryARC. The ...
Karen Lin
Apr 10,2014
1167
North American PCB Book-to-Bill Ratio Nearing Parity
IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for February 2014 BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, March 31, 2014 — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the February findings from its m...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
1120
The Internet of Things Drives New PCB Design Approach
The most common question asked of electronic product developers today is how to do more with less. How do you incorporate newer, faster technologies in smaller packages to take advantage of new produc...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
1559
How Lean Manufacturing Adds Value to PCB Production
In an earlier paper, we established the importance of design for manufacturing (DFM) in today’s PCB manufacturing environment. PCBs designed using those techniques typically experience reduced failure...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
948
It's Only Common Sense: What's Taking So Long?
What’s keeping you? Why does that quote take so darn long? I hear comments like this all the time from my buyer friends who ask why PCB shops’ quotes take so long. “Why are we kept waiting when we’re ...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
1108
EPTE Newsletter from Japan: New Champ of the PCB Industry
The global PCB industry continues to grow as business shifts from Western countries to Far Eastern countries. Japan was the leader in the industry for a number of years in terms of output value, but b...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
886
Facebook: The Social Network Manufacturers Can't Figure Out
In my end of year review, I found that approximately 25% of PCB manufacturers have a Facebook page. Of those companies, 70% had given up. It was like something sinister had happened to the company’s F...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
1057
EPTE Newsletter from Japan: Slow Start for PCB Industry
The first quarter of 2014 is now in the history books and industry sales for January were sent to me recently. Listed below is a summary of this data compared to last year. Sales usually decline in J...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
848
California PCB manufacturers revive training initiative
Industry association IPC announced today that its California Circuits Association (CCA) is in the process of establishing an educational program for printed circuit board fabrication training. The ed...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
1166
laser-assisted plating of printed circuit board (PCB) microvias
laser-assisted plating of printed circuit board (PCB) microvias Background of ResearchThis research project aims to investigate the laser-assisted plating process of printed circuit board (PCB) micro...
Karen Lin
Apr 09,2014
855
Enhancement of electroplating of PCB
Background of ResearchMiniaturization of electronic products is developing in a dramatic speed in past decade. Under this circumstance, printed circuit board industries coming up with this trend. Prin...
Karen Lin
Apr 08,2014
1294
UV-YAG laser drilling of glass-reinforced PCB material
Background of ResearchThe miniaturization of electronic products for information and communication has led to the increase of circuit density of PCBs. This means that the holes which connect the isola...
Karen Lin
Apr 08,2014
757
Development of PCB substrate material for high frequency application
Material Area Development of PCB substrate material for high frequency application Background of ResearchThe fastest growth segment in the PCB industry and market is in high speed/high frequency app...
Karen Lin
Apr 08,2014
1192
Development of plasma treatment for PCB fabrication process
Background of ResearchAccelerating performance requirements are driving the demand for high-speed, multilayer PCBs. Traditional manufacturing methods for laminating these layered boards and removing r...
Karen Lin
Apr 08,2014
1333
Advanced Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Material Using Nano-composite as Filler
Project NameAdvanced Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Material Using Nano-composite as Filler (ITS/024/03) Project SummaryThe proven product performance and existing manufacturing platform have allowed PC...
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