Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

Flex Circuit Miniaturization and Biocompatibility with SAP Processes

Flex Circuit Miniaturization and Biocompatibility with SAP Processes Fabricators typically purchase flexible laminate, which consists of a layer of rolled annealed or electro-deposited copper on one of both sides of the dielectric. The most common dielectrics are polyimide, LCP, and polyester. Read Article

PCB Outgassing

How to Prepare Your PCB for Outgassing in Ultra-High Vacuum Systems Outgassing from a PCB can occur during assembly, at high temperature, and in high vacuum. Make sure you follow these guidelines to reduce outgassing. Read Article

Better PCB Buying with Greg Papandrew

Better PCB Buying with Greg Papandrew Expedite your transition from prototype to scale with the help of an experienced PCB broker! In this episode, a returning guest joins us to discuss everything that involves cost-effective PCB manufacturing. Read Article

Ultra-HDI Technology is Not New

Ultra-HDI Technology is Not New A-SAP™ and mSAP have been used in the electronics industry for a long time. Tara Dunn talks about the transition of the semiconductor and super high volume PCB market to medium volume applications. Read now to learn more. Read Article

High-Speed PCB Stackup Design

The High-Speed PCB Stackup Design Challenge Stackups for high-speed PCBs can be designed many ways, but these systems must be built by balancing engineering constraints in a final product. Read Article

Design With Manufacturing: A New View on DFM/DFA

Design With Manufacturing: A New View on DFM/DFA Download a free ebook on DFM and DFA from Altium and Sierra Circuits. Learn about design WITH manufacturing to help you be successful. Read Article

Electronics Manufacturability and Reliability with QA Guru Cheryl Tulkoff

Electronics Manufacturability and Reliability with QA Guru Cheryl Tulkoff In this episode Cheryl and I will talk about risk assessment, planning for not only success but also failure, and understanding the difference between quality and reliability. Watch through the end, and make sure to check the additional resources below. Read Article

Pros and Cons of Advanced Electronic Packaging for PCB Designers

Pros and Cons of Advanced Electronic Packaging for PCB Designers Our guest Phil Marcoux is very well-known in the advanced electronic packaging community and currently working as a business mentor in the electronics industry. Today we will tackle the pros and cons of heterogeneous electronic assemblies and what we can do as an industry to move forward with it. Read Article

PCB warpage

Can You Fix a Warped PCB? Before we get too deep into this article, I’ll give you the simple answer. You probably can’t fix warping in your PCB after it’s already been fabricated. You can prevent an unwarped board from becoming warped during assembly, but only as long as materials were selected properly and the board is put into reflow correctly. We’ll run over some of these points in this article, and I’ll examine some points that might help you recover a warped board Read Article

How to Select the Best Surface Finish for your PCB

How to Select the Best Surface Finish for your PCB Dr, Kunal generously gives us all a crash course on surface finishes and understanding different types of materials that could affect signal integrity, reliability and electronic shelf life. Read Article

Cost Comparison: Subtractive vs. Semi-Additive

Cost Comparison: Subtractive vs. Semi-Additive Expert Tara Dunn discusses the significant benefit of the 3D additive manufacturing process in space savings associated with routing at 15 or 25 microns compared to the standard 75 microns. Read now and learn more about cost comparison with the subtractive process. Read Article

The Promising and Challenging Future of 3D Printed Electronics

The Promising and Challenging Future of 3D Printed Electronics The business development manager of J.A.M.E.S., Alexandre Schafer talks about the organization’s vision to push the Additively Manufactured Electronic technology to become more accessible to the industry. Read Article

SAP: PCB Reliability Beyond Test Results

SAP: PCB Reliability Beyond Test Results Expert Tara Dunn explores options that are more qualitative than D-Coupon and IST testing that will improve micro via reliability or reliability in general terms by making the printed circuit board easier to manufacture. Read this blog to learn more. Read Article

PCB cleanup

PCB Layout Cleanup Before Manufacturing Don't forget to clean up the surface layers on your PCB before you send the design in for manufacturing. We've compiled a list of the points you can check before beginning production. Read Article

DFM in your PCB layout

DFM in Your PCB Layout PCB design reviews should focus on DFM constraints to ensure a design will be manufacturable. Focus on these DFM requirements in your PCB layout. Read Article

DFM in PCB Material Selection

DFM in PCB Material Selection In part 2 of our crash course on DFM and PCB manufacturing, we explain how materials influence manufacturability and what you need to know when selecting materials. Read Article

PCB Manufacturing Process

A Day in the Life of the PCB Manufacturing Process Successful DFM requires knowing the standard PCB manufacturing process. Learn more in this overview and see what determines success. Read Article