Designing a supply chain for the provision of laminates and pre-pregs to the PCB fabricator shouldn’t be that complicated, should it? The laminate is simply manufactured and then shipped...what could possibly go wrong? It turns out it is more complicated, partly because the supply chain is not fully owned by one supplier, and hence cannot [...]
The biggest problem with designing rigid-flex hybrid PCBs is making sure everything will fold in the right way, while maintaining good flex-circuit stability and lifespan. The next big problem to solve is the conveyance of the design to a fabricator who will clearly understand the design intent and therefore produce exactly what the designer/engineer intended. [...]
RF shields minimize radio frequency (RF) noise to prevent it from affecting the sensitive and critical electronic components beneath the shield. They also prevent such noise from interfering with neighboring devices or other systems in the vicinity. RF shields typically have a unique design and conform to the layout of the PCB. Often, the shields [...]
Nano copper-based electronic ink and associated processing have been developed to create ultra-thin copper on flexible PCB substrates. Using a unique nanomanufacturing process, nanomaterial is created, dispersed, and sintered, resulting in copper foil of one micron or less. The process is rapid and sufficiently low-temperature to allow deposition onto temperature-sensitive substrates such as polyimide, plastic [...]
As part of a recent I-Connect007 supply chain survey, we found that RF laminate material can be very difficult to obtain. Rogers Corporation was named specifically in our survey as one supplier with a limited amount of material available. In fact, their delivery time was reported as being as high as 55 days for some [...]
PCB growth has slowed in recent years, though last year the growth rate was slightly higher than the 2% of the last three years. Estimates by IEK of Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan show that the PCB industry will continue to grow in 2015 at a rate of 3-5% with an annual output of [...]
For this issue of SMT Magazine, the i-connect007 team opted for a different approach when it came to planning the editorial content of the magazine. Our topic is the supply chain segment of the electronics assembly industry, and it is the singular topic this month for all our titles—SMT Magazine, The PCB Magazine, and [...]
XJY PCB will Participate in Global sources electronic components show in October 2015. Information as below： Exhibition name : Global Sources Electronic Components Show Date of Exhibition : October 2015 Place : AsiaWorld-Expo , Hong Kong Booth NO. : 9G13 We participate in electronic components show of New Delhi April 2015 participate electronic compontes in HongKong. In the New Delhi and HongKong fair has [...]
High-density interconnection (HDI) PCB technology is advancing to enable increased miniaturization and functionality of products such as smartphones, tablet computers and wearable devices. This dictates continual reduction in feature size for conductor line width and spacing, micro-via pad diameter and pitch, and conductor and insulating layer thickness to accommodate more components and layers without increasing [...]
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the May findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales were down slightly but orders were up. The book-to-bill ratio held steady at 1.02. Total North American PCB shipments decreased 4.2 percent in May 2015 from May 2014, and year-to-date [...]