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May 25, 2023 

Stop Over-specifying Your Materials

I-Connect007 Editorial Team

Columnist Kelly Dack has had a pretty wide range of experiences. As a PCB designer, he has sat behind the desk at an NPI company, an OEM, a fabricator, and now an EMS provider. We asked him to share a few thoughts on the materials selection process and how it could be improved.

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Selecting Flex Materials: Do Your Homework

Mike Morando, PFC

While the layout of the circuit gives us much of the electrical characteristics of the design, your choice of materials can affect the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the circuit. Material choices affect not only the design of the circuit for its environment, but also the manufacturing and assembly processes. While the layout of the circuit gives us much of the electrical characteristics of the design, your choice of materials can affect the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the circuit.

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Quiet Power: 3D Effects in Power Distribution Networks

Istvan Novak, Samtec

Signal integrity (SI) grew out of the electromagnetic compatibility discipline in the early 1990s and gradually became a hot topic in its own right. Although the term SI never appeared in the title, one of the first books on topic was Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility by Clayton Paul. About a decade later, power integrity (PI) became the new hot topic, creating a separate discipline on which a multitude of books and conference sessions were based.

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Current Design007 Magazine Table of Contents


A New Materials Paradigm

This month, our expert contributors examine the development of IPC slash sheets and the need for new, robust material guidelines created specifically for PCB designers. We also discuss the dangers of over-specifying materials, particularly for offshore manufacturing, as well as the many risks and trade-offs associated with laminate selection...

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FEATURES:

  • Slash Sheets and Material Selection, a conversation with Doug Sober
  • Select Dielectric Material With Precision, by Barry Olney
  • Stop Over-specifying Your Materials, by Kelly Dack
  • Slash Sheets: Don’t Fall Into the Trap, by Geoffrey Hazelett
  • Batter Up: Stepping Up to the Substrate, by Tim Haag
  • Selecting Flex Materials: Do Your Homework, by Mike Morando
 
 
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