Lily's Column

How are rigid flex PCBs made?

by Lily Zhang

How are rigid flex PCBs made?

1.Drilling When drilling a single-sided soft board, pay attention, and ensure the glue side is up to prevent nail heads. If the nail head fac...
Posted in flex, Flexible PCB, FPC, FPC Flexible PCB, PCB fabrication, rigid-flex pcb

Material Characteristics of a Rigid-Flex Board

by Lily Zhang

Material Characteristics of a Rigid-Flex Board

Typical Rigid-Flex PCB Material Feature Material Description Specification Flexible Laminate Polyimide (adhesive-less or adhesive) Rigid Lami...
Posted in Flexible PCB, FPC, FPC Flexible PCB, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, rigid-flex pcb

Design Tips for Rigid-Flex PCB

by Lily Zhang

Design Tips for Rigid-Flex PCB

There are many differences between the flex and rigid board in CAD design of rigid-flex PCB 1) Design requirements for flexible zone circuit:...
Posted in Flexible PCB, FPC, FPC Flexible PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, rigid-flex pcb

Design Suggestions of Rigid-flex PCB

by Lily Zhang

Design Suggestions of Rigid-flex PCB

Common structures of Rigid-flex PCB The rigid flex board is to glue one or more rigid layers on the flexible board. The circuit on the rigi...
Posted in Flexible PCB, FPC, FPC Flexible PCB, PCB fabrication, rigid-flex pcb

Heat conduction and heat dissipation of Aluminum PCB design

by Lily Zhang

Heat conduction and heat dissipation of Aluminum PCB design

The problem of heat conduction and heat dissipation is an important part of the current lighting design. It can also be said that if the heat condu...
Posted in Aluminum Printed Circuit Board, MCPCB, PCB, PCB fabrication

5 Notes on PCB Reverse Engineering

by Lily Zhang

5 Notes on PCB Reverse Engineering

In the research of PCB reverse technology, the reverse push schematic diagram refers to the reverse of the PCB file map or directly draws the PCB c...
Posted in PCB design, PCB fabrication, Reverse Engineering

13 Common PCB Soldering Problems to Avoid

by Lily Zhang

13 Common PCB Soldering Problems to Avoid

Hand soldering has always been considered a hallmark skill to have in every electronics maker’s repertoire of geeky skills. Soldering has never bee...
Posted in HDI PCB, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, soldering

Avoiding the 7 Most Common PCB Assembly Defects

by Lily Zhang

Avoiding the 7 Most Common PCB Assembly Defects

Why Do Circuit Boards Fail PCB Assembly? For prototyping, low-volume, and high-volume production, PCB assembly is an important stage of manufacturi...
Posted in MCPCB, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, pcba, smt, soldering

The difference of PCB Back Drilling and Controlled Depth Drilling

by Lily Zhang

The difference of PCB Back Drilling and Controlled Depth Drilling

What is back drilling or controlled depth drilling in PCB? PCB Back drilling is one of the special controlled depth drilling (NPTH) in the loop of ...
Posted in HDI PCB, High-frequency PCBs, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication

Guidelines to via holes treatment method in PCB design

by Lily Zhang

Guidelines to via holes treatment method in PCB design

When you finish your PCB layout design and then you can send it to PCB manufacturers who provide custom circuit board service to have your PCB boar...
Posted in HDI PCB, High-frequency PCBs, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, pcba

What is Conformal Coating

by Lily Zhang

What is Conformal Coating

What is Conformal Coating and Why it is Important: PCB conformal coating The conformal coating the ultra thin protective coating of polymeric f...
Posted in PCB, PCB fabrication, pcba

What is Gold Finger?

by Lily Zhang

What is Gold Finger?

What is Gold Finger? PCB Gold Fingers refer to a row of gold-plated strips at the edge of a PCB, which are commonly used to connect different elec...
Posted in PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, rigid-flex pcb