I am not a PCB designer, but I have worked with enough of them over the years to empathize with the challenges that they face to find the ideal balance between board cost and performance for a given ...

The surge in AI applications driving PCB material upgrades is exacerbating upstream raw material supply shortages. Notably, ...

Blueshift, a US-based specialist in advanced materials, has unveiled PhaseBlue 1500, the first product in its Series Circuit Materials (SCM) line. New PCB material developed for high-frequency ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have made a big breakthrough, developing a PCB that is able to be recycled several times over while losing very little material in the process. This ...

Infineon Technologies has introduced Soluboard, a recyclable and biodegradable printed circuit board (PCB) substrate based on natural fibres and a halogen-free polymer. The product was developed by UK ...

A PCB stencil provides a template that goes over the PCB and has openings only where solder paste needs to be applied. With a glob of solder paste and a squeegee, an entire board can have the solder ...

Printed circuit boards can be square, round, octagonal, or whatever shape you desire. But there’s little choice when it comes to the third dimension: most PCBs are flat and rigid. Sure, you can make ...

This article is part of the TechXchange: PCB Tools and Technology. Many manufacturers still use the standard FR-4 material for their rigid boards because FR-4 materials are cost-efficient and highly ...