PCB - FAQ & Co.

Here you can find several frequently asked questions and answers about our printed circuit boards. You may browse through the categories or use the search. If your question remains unanswered, please contact us by email, phone or contact form. We will reply you as soon as possible.

FAQ:

1. Mechanical Processing
2. Chemical Processing
   1. Through Hole Plating (THP/PTH)
      1. Why do plated-through drillings require a copper pad?

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      2. Which drillings are carried out plated-through and which type of pads are applied?

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      3. Is it possible to overprint plated-through drillings with solder resist?

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      4. What is Via-filling?

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      5. Are drill-hole allowances always identical during the fabrication process?

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      6. Do I have to include drill-hole allowances in the layout?

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      7. Is it possible to carry out plated-through routings and are they included in the online price calculation?

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      8. What are the technical difficulties that may occur in carrying out very narrow drillings?

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      9. Is it possible to plate-through single-layered boards?

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3. Solder Mask
4. Surface Finish
5. Silk Print
6. Base Materials
7. RoHS/WEEE
8. E-Test
9. Panel Production
10. Tolerances

Additional information about Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs):

• wikipedia.org
  Online Encyclopedia - Topic PCBs
• www.vde.com
  VDE - Verband Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.
• www.vdi.de
  VDI - Verein deutscher Ingenieure
• www.vdlev.org
  VDL - Verband der Leiterplattenindustrie
• www.zvei.de
  ZVEI - Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V.
• www.leuze-verlag.de
  Leuze Verlag - Literature about PCBs and PCB production
• www.elektronikpraxis.vogel.de
  Elektronik Praxis - Magazine covering electronics in general and news in the PCB production industry.
• www.elektor.de
  Elektor - Electronics Magazine with manuals and layouts for home made PCBs and PCBAs
• www.ibfriedrich.com (Target 3001)
  The Engineering office Friedrich has been developing layout and CAD software for PCB design and Application Oriented Special Integrated Circuits (ASICs) since 1989.
• www.cadsoft.de
  CadSoft offers user-friendly, powerful, and inexpensive solutions for PCB designs including circuit diagrams, layouts, and autorouting routines.
• http://news.google.de/news
  Worldwide news about Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)