Karen Lin May 23,2014

Passive Components Aren’t Really So Passive (Part 3): PCBs

PCB flaws and errors that are usually hidden, or at least disguised, can introduce passive errors into IC performance. To understand how these errors occur, though, we must first examine the compositi...

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Karen Lin May 23,2014

Passive Components Aren’t Really So Passive (Part 2): Resistors

Resistors are called passive because they don’t have gain or control power like semiconductors or other active devices. But they can, and do, change the signal in unexpected ways because they have par...

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Karen Lin May 23,2014

Passive Components Aren’t Really So Passive (Part 1): Capacitors

Capacitors, resistors, inductors, connectors, and even the PCB are called passive because they don’t seem to consume power. But these apparently passive components can, and do, change the signal in un...

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Karen Lin May 21,2014

Circuit Board Protection- Conformal Coating

Conformal coating is a protective and non conductive coating that is applied onto the printed circuit board. This protects the electronic assembly from damage that may be due to contamination, salt sp...

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Karen Lin May 21,2014

Is 3D Printing the Future?

What is 3D PrintingAlso known as desktop fabrication and additive manufacturing, 3D printing is a prototyping process where a real object is created from a 3D design. 3D printing techniques were origi...

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Karen Lin May 19,2014

European PCB Industry Background

The PCB fabrication industry is a key supplier to a wide range of EU-based electronics assemblers, systems manufacturers and end-users across many strategically important industry sectors, all of whom...

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Karen Lin May 19,2014

SMT Resistors

SMT resistors or surface mount technology resistors are a type of passive electronic component. They are more precisely a low profile resistor that mounts directly to the printed circuit board (PCB) a...

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Karen Lin May 15,2014

Using A Laser Printer To Make Your PCB Board

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I am circuit board a true "do-it-yourselfer". My father instilled in me at a young age that PCB you can do anything you set your mind to’ attitude. So when ...

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Karen Lin May 15,2014

Flux Residues May Cause Harm On PCB Board

Flux residues have been the bane of reliability of PCB assemblies (PCBAs) from the first time they were used. However, it is necessary to use some sort of compound to reduce the oxides that form on th...

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Karen Lin May 14,2014

AT&S looks back on a successful financial year 2013/14

AT&S Group’s sales for the financial year 2013/14 reached EUR 590m, an increase of around 9% on the previous year’s total (2012/13: approx. EUR 542m). Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation ...

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Karen Lin May 12,2014

Circuit Board 'Brain': Are We Ready for 'Transcendence'?

Bioengineers at Stanford University have modeled a circuit board after the human brain. There is still a long way to go before it will be as big, powerful, and efficient as an actual brain, but it's s...

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Karen Lin May 08,2014

A Guide to Checking PCBs

Have you ever been left feeling hopeless when you realise your board has some major flaw after sending it off to be manufactured? Or worse yet, after you receive the board? Well, nothing can prevent t...

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Karen Lin May 08,2014

Capacitive Touch Sense on PCBs

Ever heard of capacitive touch sensing? It operates on a fairly simple principle: the human body can store charge. Touch an electrode on your board, which can also store charge, and you effectively ch...

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Karen Lin May 08,2014

Tips about printed circuit board design: Dealing with harmful PCB effects

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are by far the most common method of assembling modern electronic circuits. Composed of a sandwich of insulating layer (or layers) and one or more copper conductor patter...

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Karen Lin May 07,2014

BPA: China's Demand for PCBs, Laminates on the Rise

BPA use growth rates to forecast the near and medium term future prospects of the world's PCB and laminate industry. We track the demand for semiconductors which are in many instances aproximately 25%...

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Karen Lin May 06,2014

North American PCB Book-to-Bill Ratio Turns Positive

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the Marchfindings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.Sales were up in March andthe book...

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Karen Lin May 06,2014

Fineline Enhances Euro Support as Key Viasystems' Rep

Fineline Global Ltd., a global supplier of PCBs, has entered into an agreement with the Viasystems family of companies to become a key Viasystems' European Representative. The agreement is a significa...

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Karen Lin May 05,2014

Conversations with...IPC's Sharon Starr

IPC’s 2012-2013 Analysis & Forecast for the North American PCB Industry report has just been published so I thought it would be a good idea to sit down with Sharon Starr, director of market resear...

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Karen Lin May 05,2014

What Onshoring Means for North America

The 2013 update to the study, On-Shoring in the Electronics Industry: Trends and Outlook for North America, published by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries, confirms that companies ha...

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