Introduction PCBs or printed circuit boards must be made from the right materials to deliver the performance expected of them. The proper choice of materials for a PCB not only affects its final [...]

Introduction There are innumerable types of packages available for SMD components, which complicates the choice for the designer as to the specific size that would be the most suitable for their [...]

Introduction Many modern electronic appliances nowadays use flexible circuit boards as these offer several advantages over the regular rigid variety. High-precision lasers or other mechanical [...]

Introduction PCBs or Printed Circuit Boards are essential for almost all electronic equipment. Most mass-produced electronic equipment commonly use high-volume PCB assembly. However, startups [...]

Introduction During the past decade or so, PCBs or printed circuit boards have become extremely complex. They now have a high number of layer counts and very high component density, and their [...]

Introduction Eminent PCB or Printed Circuit Board manufacturers like Rush PCB Inc. often protect their boards with either a layer of conformal coating or by potting them. The choice depends on [...]

PCBs or printed circuit boards are a basic necessity in electronic equipment design and manufacturing. For PCBs to function flawlessly over their entire life span, a crucial decision lies in [...]

The Association Connecting Electronics Industries, now known as the Institute for Printed Circuits or IPC is a trade association for the electronic interconnection industry. It authorizes [...]

Rush PCB Inc. is a reputed manufacturer of PCBs or printed circuit boards in the US. The electronic industry uses our printed circuit boards to electrically interconnect electronic components [...]

The PCB or Printed Circuit Board design process is long and complicated. Typically, it has several stages that range from the initial schematics to the final finished layout. With products [...]

Industry 4.0 is leading to huge gains in factory productivity, efficiency, and data automation. This is primarily due to parallel advancements in AI or artificial intelligence, smart [...]

What are Flexible Displays and Foldable Devices? Flexible displays and foldable devices have been making the rounds of the market in recent years. Numerous phones, monitors, and other devices are [...]

With so much design and manufacturing effort going into creating a PCB, it is necessary to improve the design to avoid expensive responses due to EMI/EMC test failures. According to Rush PCB [...]

Staggered and stacked microvias are standard in HDI or High-Density Interconnect boards. In fact, these boards achieve their unique density primarily because of these tiny vias and closely [...]

The focus of the electronic industry is on HDI or High-Density Interface boards right now. Rightly so, as the trend of the industry is to produce devices with minuscule form factors, for which, [...]

Manufacturing HDI PCBs requires a variety of materials. They are necessary to create a layer stackup, etch the unwanted copper, apply a solder mask, apply a surface finish, and print the [...]

Designers can pack an astounding amount of functionality into a small device, and they have the HDI design technique to be thankful for this. HDI design techniques, including microvias design, [...]

Eminent PCB manufacturers like Rush PCB Inc. know that a board’s stack up directly affects its cost. Additionally, there are fabrication variables that also contribute to the cost of a board. [...]

PCB or Printed Circuit Board designers, targeting high-volume production, are familiar with fiducials. These are copper features, visible through the solder mask openings, typically appearing [...]

For any type of PCB or Printed Circuit Board, its substrate or the material the board is made of, forms its backbone for holding the traces and the components. NEMA or National Electrical [...]

Rush PCB Inc. makes various types of high-quality PCBs or Printed Circuit Boards for the electronic industry. While each PCB can have an individual and unique boundary or perimeter, it typically [...]

The supply chain for electronic manufacturers is fraught with deep vulnerabilities. This is primarily due to pandemic-related disruptions and geopolitical tensions. According to Rush PCB Inc., [...]

Although rigid PCBs or printed circuit boards are still the norm in most electronic equipment, flexible PCBs are swiftly making serious inroads in the industry. This is mostly because flexible or [...]

Eminent PCB manufacturers like Rush PCB Inc. coat the exposed pads with a metal/organic coating, which they call the surface finish. The surface finish protects the copper pads from scratches and [...]

The PCB industry cannot do without CAD or computer-aided design and CAM or computer-aided manufacturing. These are necessary for the quality and accuracy that customers demand from the industry. [...]

At Rush PCB Inc., we make all types of PCBs, including those with castellated holes. In this article, we will overview castellated holes, their history, applications, benefits, design attributes, [...]

At Rush PCB Inc., we are always under pressure to help our customers bring their new products faster to market. Rapid prototyping allows designers and engineers to test their concepts faster, [...]

With technology continuously getting smaller, there can be no reason to assume that the trend will stop any time soon. Therefore, designers are under constant pressure to reduce their board size. [...]

The role of PCB designers is an important one as far as the two areas of EMI and EMC are concerned. They must ensure laying out the design such that it generates noise below the regulatory [...]

Contrary to popular belief that automation is a peril to be avoided at best, Rush PCB Inc advises dependence on the advancement of technology. In fact, without automation there will likely be no [...]

Tombstoning is an issue occurring during the soldering process when all components on a board are anchored to its bare surface. While there are many that will point fingers of blame on [...]

The electronic industry follows two main types of automated soldering techniques for assembling their PCBs. These are wave soldering and reflow soldering. There are major differences between the [...]

When developing a functional embedded system, designers use a variety of electronic components. These include processors, memories, and peripheral devices. The complexity of the system depends on [...]

In PCBs or printed circuit boards, stackup design must address three concerns—controlled impedance, crosstalk, and interplane capacitance. While fabricators have some control over achieving the [...]

According to Rush PCB Inc, there are infinite number of ways to connect PCBs or printed circuit boards to other boards, electronic devices or power sources. A designer has the freedom to choose [...]

With electronics moving more into high-frequency operations, it is imperative that various devices operate without disturbing others operating nearby. When electric current flows in a closed [...]

Any type of electronic product, even when they have been designed properly and built meticulously, are prone to problems. In the prototype stage, electronic products can have bugs and issues, and [...]

A variety of industries are now using machine learning for delivering actionable insights for a wide range of applications. According to Rush PCB Inc, the main reason for this being the [...]

Earlier, electronic equipment had multiple circuit boards handling different functions of the design. For instance, it was common to find a power supply board, a processor board, separate audio [...]

Rush PCB Inc is a world-class PCB manufacturer, and we offer many types of high-quality printed circuit boards using the most advanced technologies for special applications. One of our next [...]

At Rush PCB Inc, we manufacture various types of printed circuit boards or PCBs. During manufacturing, we must pay a lot of attention on handling different tools and processes to avoid common [...]

Artificial Intelligence or AI has been making inroads into our technological world over the last one decade. AI is a forward-looking and futuristic concept, and nearly all industries are using it [...]

Flexible substrates are characterized by being flexible and can be bent freely, but if everything is soft, it will be difficult to handle. A certain degree of thickness and hardness is required, [...]

This time, we will introduce two methods for creating wiring patterns. When using copper-clad laminates (CCL), the “subtractive method” is used to combine the film and photoresist, [...]

Reverse engineering a PCB means analyzing the target board with the purpose of reproducing its likeness. According to Rush PCB Inc, reverse engineering can deduce and create a likeness of the [...]

FFC Connector The FFC connector is an advanced version of the card edge connector. The FFC connector was developed from a card edge connector for rigid substrates, specifically for flexible [...]

The PCB industry commonly uses substrates composed of glass fiber impregnated with resin. One of such PCB substrate material is G10. While the G in the name stands for glass fiber, the figure 10 [...]

As PCB designers, fabricators, and assemblers, we wear a lot of hats here at RUSH PCB. We’re always working to design and build PCBAs that are the best that they can be. But sometimes we are [...]

Before the digital era began, analog circuits were the norm, and they had specific design rules. With the advent of digital circuits, many of the older design rules were no longer applicable. [...]

For a customer, especially for those starting out in the electronic industry, it is imperative to talk the same language as the contract manufacturer. This ensures the possibility to create an [...]

Identifying both hot and cold spots on the PCBA are very important to set up right reflow profile as the Conveyor speed in the oven should allow both the hot and the cold spots to reach [...]

In Lead-free (Pb-free) reflow soldering for SMT PCBAs, soldering defects associated with thermal profiling can be mitigated by a thorough understanding of the variables affecting the process, as [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes multilayer printed circuit boards containing many layers. With increasing demand for greater number of layers in PCBs, each layer is becoming thinner than ever before. We [...]

Our customers at Rush PCB Inc often use jumpers in their printed circuit board designs. In fact, the use of jumpers starts early, sometimes with the use of breadboards. These are typically [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes a large variety of printed circuit boards for the computerized and mobile-activated world. Most of these PCBs carry signals to and from other devices. For proper functioning of [...]

Although eminent printed circuit board manufacturers like Rush PCB Inc insist on the use of Gerber files for fabricating boards, newcomers may not be aware of the technology. Gerber files are [...]

All electronic equipment require a printed circuit board or PCB to function to their intended performance. Eminent PCB manufacturers such as Rush PCB Inc fabricate boards for their customers in [...]

High-speed serial signal transmission in excess of 1 Gbps, such as PCI-Express and serial ATA, has come into general use. Transmission paths for differential signals on a printed circuit board [...]

According to Rush PCB Inc, a well-drawn circuit diagram not only looks professional, but also provides crucial information for easy traceability, signal tracing, debugging, and troubleshooting. [...]

Resistors are passive components necessary for use in circuit board assemblies. Rush PCB Inc uses resistors in their PCB assemblies to resist the flow of electric current. Electronic circuits use [...]

The advancement of technology is benefiting all industries, including the medical industry. Medical devices are progressively becoming smaller, yet more powerful, all the while meeting the [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes various types of hot swap printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are necessary for building custom mechanical keyboards. Typically, manufacturers use two types of PCBs for making [...]

Printed Circuit Board or PCB manufacturers like Rush PCB Inc use various materials for cladding boards. One of the most common materials for cladding is copper. The main reason for this is copper [...]

The PCB industry has been using high-frequency board materials for several reasons and for decades. These materials have several unique attributes when compared to those of the more traditional [...]

Before starting with PCB manufacturing, Rush PCB Inc insists on a clean and unambiguous data package. This not only decreases cycle time, but also ensures a clear understanding of requirements. [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes rigid-flex circuits with high mechanical bend reliability. This is related to the area of the rigid-flex circuit where it transitions from the rigid area to the flexible part [...]

According to Rush PCB Inc, printed electronics is a broad term encompassing all printing methods manufacturers use to create electronic devices, including flexible printed circuit boards. This [...]

Working with Rush PCB USA saves time and inventory costs for our customers. We strive to reduce the loss of components during assembly, it is important to consider how customers buy components. [...]

All printed circuit boards (PCBs) use copper as traces in the core and all the layers. Even the outermost layers contain copper as the main component. According to Rush PCB USA, inconsistent [...]

Rush PCB Inc recommends a robust inspection process before concluding the assembly process of a printed board assembly. That is because the inspection process has the ability to uncover hidden [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes all types of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), including Flexible PCBs. Like any other types of PCBs, flexible circuits are also susceptible to interference such as RF and [...]

A printed circuit board is a versatile and integral component of electronic equipment. It provides mechanical and electrical support to various external components that the assembler has mounted [...]

Rush PCB Inc always begin their design of printed circuit boards (PCBs) with appropriate material selection. The goal is always to use the right material for making the PCBs, while meeting the [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes all types of printed circuit boards or PCBs starting from single and multilayer boards and including double-sided boards as well. Single-sided boards usually have a substrate [...]

At Rush PCB Inc, we undertake functional testing of printed circuit board assemblies. For this, we use an FCT or functional circuit test fixture. This forms a part of our quality control [...]

12 Best PCB Designing Software Tools In the market there is a large variety of PCB design software available. Some are proprietary, some are free to use online, and others are industrial grade [...]

DIY enthusiasts, hobbyists, and college students usually find it difficult to locate a PCB manufacturer who offers low volume quantities and prototypes at reasonable prices. Rush PCB Inc [...]

A printed circuit board or PCB is an essential part of any electronic equipment. It is a special component that holds together various electronic and non-electronic components on itself, allowing [...]

Apart from being used at regular room temperatures, many industrial applications require exposing or continuously operating flex circuits at elevated temperatures. Most materials for flexible [...]

As electronic products undergo continuous optimization and upgrading, the printed circuit boards within them that hold all their components, are also under continuous improvement. According to [...]

According to Rush PCB USA, for multi-layered boards, PCB prepreg and cores are interchangeable, as both are very similar in some ways, and different in others. Basically, the core is one or more [...]

Printed circuit boards with ceramic substrates are boards made with a special process where the manufacturer bonds the copper foil directly to the surface of a ceramic substrate made of Aluminum [...]

When manufacturing PCBs, Rush PCB Inc. considers PCB thickness as a very important factor, as it affects the power handling capacity of the board. As PCB design software does not provide any [...]

At Rush PCB Inc., we advise our customers on their printed circuit board design. Being associated with the design of a PCB from the beginning has a huge advantage for us. We assure ourselves and [...]

Rush PCB recommends maintaining a clean PCB during assembly. This offers a circuit board the foremost chance of success, apart from ensuring maximum longevity for the product. Although [...]

Rush PCB Inc makes all types of PCBs, starting from simple ones, to complex multi-layered ones, and HDI types. Apart from multiple layers, a complex HDI PCB can have hundreds of components with [...]

Rush PCB Inc. makes several types of switches on flex circuits. One of the popular momentary switches is dome switches. They are useful as they provide tactile feedback when operated. Many [...]

Most printed circuit boards from Rush PCB have holes in their periphery. These are Tool Holes, Locating Holes, or Mounting Holes, necessary for fixing the board on different machines during [...]

Rush PCB Inc. makes various types of PCBs, including those for keyboards. Many customers would like to know what makes a better keyboard, and whether they should use plate mounted or PCB mounted [...]

Rush PCB uses several ways of plating the exposed copper surface of a printed circuit board. However, the main function of any plating is to protect the copper from deteriorating, as any damage [...]

Rush PCB Inc. is one of the most advanced PCB manufacturers. We also make fully assembled PCBs. Most people are mystified when confronting a fully assembled PCB. Although it looks more like a [...]

Rush PCB makes several types of printed circuit boards, along with PCB assemblies. For our customers it is necessary they can identify common circuit board components. This identification may be [...]

Rush PCB places great emphasis on proper PCB etching techniques, as etching is one of the most important processes in PCB manufacturing. PCB manufacturers use etching to decide the amount of [...]

Rush PCB assigns great importance to the correct sizing of PCB traces during PCB design. This involves not only the PCB trace width but several other important factors as well, like trace length [...]

For protecting a PCB, Rush PCB offers a few options—potting with encapsulation resins or conformal coatings. For both, we use organic polymers to provide the necessary chemical and thermal [...]

Rush PCB Inc. makes rigid-flex printed circuit boards with the distinct advantage of being both rigid and flexible at the same time. The rigid portion allows mounting of components while the [...]

With most electronic equipment trending towards compact designs, printed circuit boards inside them must hold a substantial number of components per unit square area. With components packed so [...]

Rigid-flex printed circuit boards from Rush PCB Inc. have the characteristic flexible sections along with rigid sections in the same board. So far, they were not popular with many designers, as [...]

Printed circuit manufacturers use various types of PCB inks on the boards they manufacture. These mainly include liquid inks for the solder resist or solder mask layer and for the surface [...]

Rush PCB makes two types of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), one with non-metalized edges and the other with metallized edges. Earlier there was not much demand for metal-edged PCBs, but now more [...]

As any PCB manufacturer knows, it is easy to fabricate a wide trace on a PCB. During fabrication, it is easy to etch long traces spaced away from other copper entities. Therefore, Rush PCB [...]

With low-frequency circuits, PCB designers can place components on the board in almost any orientation they prefer. If while routing a part, a trace takes a long path around the board, it is not [...]

All printed circuit boards manufactured by Rush PCB have a surface finish to protect the solderable copper pads from oxidizing and deteriorating, making the PCB unusable. The surface finish is a [...]

Rush PCB makes printed circuit boards (PCBs), some of them very complex and diverse. These include multi-layered boards with up to 40 layers, but mainly boards with 4 to 12 layers being more [...]

Industries are now embracing the Industry 4.0 standards in a big way. This is because of the huge gains Industry 4.0 promises them. The gains are mainly in automation of factory data in [...]

Rush PCB handles a large variety of components suitable for Surface Mount Technology (SMT) while designing and/or assembling PCBs for our customers. This is because almost all the electronics we [...]

Electronics are becoming smaller while it is getting faster. For enabling smaller component footprints on high-density printed circuit boards or PCBs, Rush PCB recommends considering the [...]

The current belief in the industry is that traditional low-cost printed circuit board materials are not useful for producing next-generation high-speed designs. For instance, modern technological [...]

Rush PCB ensures the integrity of flexible printed circuit boards ,Testing Flex PCBs through an essential step—testing. We verify the quality of raw materials going in to making the PCBs and the [...]

As Rush PCB makes increasingly smaller printed circuit boards or PCBs, we are using fewer through hole components, while using more of surface mount technology or SMT components. Accordingly, we [...]

With electronic equipment trending towards smaller and thinner form factors, engineers must use tiny Surface Mount Technology or SMT components on Printed Circuit Boards or PCBs. Most often, the [...]

The electronic components manufacturing industry has been developing several types of fine-pitch components in recent years. These ultra-small integrated circuits include packages like FC, CSP, [...]

High Density Interconnect or HDI PCBs offer more functionality within the same or a smaller area. At Rush PCB, we use the latest technology for increasing the use of HDI in computer products and [...]

PCB manufacturing and PCB assembly are two different industry fields, conforming to different IPC and other standards. While PCB manufacturing concerns the fabrication of the bare circuit boards, [...]

Rush PCB designs PCB panels or arrays such that the constituent smaller PCBs remain securely attached during manufacturing and assembly. However, our design also allows easy depanelization into [...]

The electronics industry is presently using thinner printed circuit boards (PCBs) and smaller SMT electronic components than they did earlier. The trend comes from increasing customer demands for [...]

The latest development in fabricating PCBs is following the same trend that integrated circuit manufacturers are. They are packing increasing amounts of functionality into smaller spaces. [...]

The electronics industry defines fine-pitch PCB assembly as those with a significantly high number of components per unit area. That means the components on the board are very close to each [...]

Selecting lead-free PCB manufacturing materials or rather, those that comply with the RoHS Directive, also requires considering the capability of the material to withstand high temperatures, and [...]

Designers using BGA or Ball Grid Array ICs need HDI or High-Density Interconnect PCBs to make the most effective use of these high-density packages. Using multiple BGA components, when some of [...]

Designers generate ideas that fabricators and assemblers subsequently convert into reality. While it is an important responsibility for fabricators and assemblers to faithfully follow the [...]

The ITU or International Telecommunications Union considers the high frequency range of electromagnetic waves to extend from 3 MHz to 30 MHz, beyond which, the range extends to VHF or Very High [...]

Rush PCB recommends using multi-layer rigid flexible printed circuit boards for reducing the weight and size of the assembly, improving circuit board reliability, PCB assembly flexibility, [...]

From being purely mechanical assemblies, automotive vehicles have progressed to include electronic parts. A top brand automotive vehicle today contains about 150 control units consisting mostly [...]

What is Warpage For proper placement of SMT components, it is necessary that the PCB remain perfectly flat. For accurate placement, the pick-and-place machine must release the SMT component at [...]

Most IC packages have soldering pins along one, two, or all four of their edges. While some have them positioned away from the body, for some the manufacturers bend the pins back under the [...]

Rush PCB, our customers and most others are accustomed to seeing and handling Integrated Circuits or ICs. However, what everyone sees and handles is really the external packaging, as the die or [...]

A designer uses electronic components for building up the circuit so that it functions properly. Rush PCB recommends dividing the entire exercise into three distinct activities: Component [...]

At Rush PCB, most of the printed circuit boards (PCBs) we assemble have surface mount components (SMCs) on them. Our customers want their boards assembled with SMCs primarily because SMCs offer [...]

According to the assembly and testing experience gathered by Rush PCB, there can be several reasons why the newly assembled PCB fails to function as intended during testing. We list below the [...]

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) getting increasingly more complex, and this is evident from the mixed-performance that OEMs demand from them. These requirements lead to a diverse set of highly [...]

Definition and Scope of DFA As design decisions can have a significant effect on the cost and efficiency of PCBs during the assembly process, they can also affect the overall reliability and [...]

For increasing their market share, OEMs are resorting to bringing out new products and reducing their time-to-market. However, with component packages getting smaller, assembly designs getting [...]

Most industries use DFMA or Design for Manufacturing and Assembly techniques to mainly minimize product cost through improvements in design and process. Two procedures make up the term—Design for [...]

Although manufacturers must deal with several variables when fabricating a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including the solder mask, silk screen, copper width and weight, laminates form the [...]

Early radio receivers built using valves had a metal chassis for mounting the valves, dials and switches. Engineers placed all other electronic components under the chassis. Since the total [...]

In the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly process, the most important part is the deposition of solder paste on the board. The aim of the process is to deposit an accurate amount of solder [...]

Whether a printed circuit board (PCB) goes inside a water analyzer, a spacecraft, or on an airplane, it is easy to measure the cost of failure—in terms of the number of lives or the number of [...]

Although the electronic industry uses a Bill of Materials (BOM) to indicate a list of ingredients a product uses, the concept of a comprehensive BOM is still elusive to most people. To create a [...]

Electronic systems use solder joints in multiple locations including connectors, components, and mechanical support points interconnecting printed circuit boards (PCBs). Rush PCB identifies [...]

Rush PCB recommends using solder resist (the green coating) on the printed circuit boards (PCBs) as a primary protection against oxidation and corrosion. The presence of the solder resist [...]

Rush PCB offers several surface treatments on bare printed circuit boards (PCBs) to ensure proper electrical properties and good solderability. PCB traces and pads are made of Copper, and exposed [...]

Rush PCB is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturer in the US, and we specialize in providing professional services starting from prototyping to manufacturing of PCBs. We also source [...]

OEMs look for the best Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturer possible when they want to source boards for their products. An Internet search for popular PCB manufacturers within a specific [...]

While at Rush PCB we manufacture and assemble various types of printed circuit boards (PCBs) for our customers, we also recommend professional and timely inspections for preventing failure [...]

The demand for smart products from consumers has led to a high level of production and consumption of printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the electronics industry. Apart from industry demands, to a [...]

At Rush PCB, we face this question from almost all our customers. They want to know how they can reduce their expenses when assembling their printed circuit boards (PCBs). Those assembling a [...]

Rush PCB understands that the modern telecommunication industry involves a lot more than just telephones and their related networks. The industry deals with many forms of communication devices, [...]

Rush PCB expects a huge impact to the electronic industry from the Implementation of 5G in electronic devices, especially as the new technology offers very high data rates, leading to the [...]

That Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) have copper tracks and planes on them is a fact that all users of printed circuits and those within the PCB industry know. If left unprotected, the copper [...]

Eminent Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers such as Rush PCB offer two distinct types of service—PCB prototyping and standard PCB production. This is because electronic designs have [...]

The design of every Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is unique. Each PCB has its own requirements, and individual trade-offs on its design. Rush PCB recommends using basic guidelines for component [...]

Considering that almost all modern electronic equipment make use of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), seemingly, PCB failures are hard to avoid. Although most PCB failures are unique in some way or [...]

Almost all users prefer smaller, thinner, and more manageable gadgets. To pack more functionality into their electronic products, designers use multi-layered printed circuit boards (PCBs) and [...]

Most of the solder the electronic industry uses today is of the lead-free variety, as use of lead has been recognized as a health hazard. Lead-free solder melts at a higher temperature, and has [...]

Looking at a complicated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) such as the motherboard of a computer, you are likely to find several tracks going nowhere, and terminated rather abruptly. However, a closer [...]