Fillet

 The concave formation of soldified solder between the land or pad and the component lead.

Fillet

Fiducial

 A mark both in the artwork and etched with the circuit traces of the PCB. It is used to identify artwork orientation on the board. Global fiducials locate the overall pattern; local fiducials pi...

Fiducial

FICS

 Flashscan Image Control Software: A DOS Program which sends Gerber files to the plotter.

FICS

Fibre Exposure

A condition in which broken reinforcing fibres of the base material are exposed and protrude in machined or ab...

Fibre Exposure

Feed-through

 A plated through-hole in a printed circuit board that is used to provide electrical connection between a trac...

Feed-through

Fault List

A listing of shorts and opens on a PCB to be repaired.

Fault List

Eyelet

A hollow tube inserted in a terminal or printed board to provide mechanical support for component leads or ele...

Eyelet

Extraneous Copper

Unwanted copper remaining on the base material after chemical processing.

Extraneous Copper

Exotherm

The characteristic curve of a resin during cure showing reaction of temperature vs. time.

Exotherm

Etching

Removal of metal from the surface of PCB by chemical dissolution. The process is normally carried out selectively&n...

Etching

Etched Printed Board

 A board having a conductive pattern formed by the chemical removal of unwanted portions of the conductive foi...

Etched Printed Board

Etch-back

The controlled removal of all resins of base material on the side wall of holes in order to expose intern...

Etch-back

Etchant

A solution used to remove, by chemical reaction, the unwanted portion of material from a printed board.

Etchant

ETCH Resist

An organic ink, lacquer, photo-resist, self-adhesive plastic tape, metal deposit or other material which will prevent sp...

ETCH Resist

Etch Factor

The ratio of the depth of etch (conductor thickness) to the amount of lateral etch (undercut).

Etch Factor

ESD

Electro-Static-Discharge, the sudden transfer or discharge of electricity from one object to another.

ESD

ESD Sensitivity

 (ESD susceptibility) The device’s ability to dissipate the energy of the discharge or withstand the current levels...

ESD Sensitivity

Escape Rate

The percentage of defects not defected vs. the total inspected.

Escape Rate

ERC

Electrical Rule Check: checks the integrity of a circuit (SCH) so that problems like open inputs, shorted outputs&n...

ERC

ERBGF

Epoxy Resin Bonded Glass Fibre (See FR4).

ERBGF

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