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PCB Terminology Important Factors

Pad – A portion of exposed metal on the surface of a board to  Board Thickness should be 0.8 mm to 2.4 mm
which a component is soldered.  Thicker copper layers are useful for high current, high
reliability design
Trace - a continuous path of copper on a circuit board.  Thickness is measured in ounces per square foot
1oz = 28.349523g
Silkscreen - The letters, number, symbols and imagery on a  Track-width is measured in thous (or mils) 5
circuit board. Usually only one colour is available, and thou=0.127mm
resolution is usually fairly low.  For 1 amp current track width = 0.254mm

Drill hit - places on a design where a hole should be drilled.


Advantages of PCB
Via - A hole in a board used to pass a signal from one layer to
another.
Maintenance is easy
Design Rule Check (DRC)- A software check of your
design to make sure the design does not contain errors such as In case of fault connection can
traces that incorrectly touch, traces too skinny, or drill holes be easily re-checked.
that are too small.
The circuit board fabrication
Plated through hole (PTH)- A hole on a board which has
an annular ring and May be a connection point for a through
cost (pcb cost) is lower
hole component Chances of miss-wiring or
Surface Mount - Construction method which allows short-circuited wiring are
components to be simply set on a board, not requiring that leads
pass through holes in the board.
minimized
PCBs are used for large
quantity productions as wire
wrapping can involve hours to

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