NEWS

Icape Group Acquires German PCB Distributor HLT

Icape Group Acquires German PCB Distributor HLT

31 May 2023

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group has acquired the operating assets of HLT, a German PCB distributor that generated revenue of €4.1 million ($4.4 million...  Read More...

Schmid Group Aims for SPAC Listing on NYSE

Schmid Group Aims for SPAC Listing on NYSE

31 May 2023

FRANKFURT – Germany's Schmid Group plans to list in New York via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal estimated to give the technology firm a ...  Read More...

IPC: North American PCB Industry Sales Up 12% in April

IPC: North American PCB Industry Sales Up 12% in April

26 May 2023

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in April were up 12.1% compared to the same month last year, IPC’s North American Printed Circuit Board Sta...  Read More...

North American EMS Industry Up 14% in April

North American EMS Industry Up 14% in April

25 May 2023

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in April were up 14.3% compared to the same month last year, according to the findings from IPC's North Ame...  Read More...

JEDEC Publishes Major Update to JEP30 PartModel Guidelines

JEDEC Publishes Major Update to JEP30 PartModel Guidelines

25 May 2023

ARLINGTON, VA – JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced significant updates to the JEP30 PartModel Guidelines, including all reference documents ...  Read More...

Nano Dimension Launches Special Tender Offer to Stratasys Shareholders

Nano Dimension Launches Special Tender Offer to Stratasys Shareholders

25 May 2023

WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension announced that it has commenced a special tender offer to purchase between 38.8% and 40.8% of the outstanding ordinary shares of St...  Read More...

ECIA GIPC Launches 2-D Barcode Review

ECIA GIPC Launches 2-D Barcode Review

24 May 2023

ATLANTA – ECIA's Global Industry Practices Committee has launched a five-year review of its 2-D Barcode Specification, which published its last revision in 2018...  Read More...

PCB West 2023 Opens Technical Conference Registration

PCB West 2023 Opens Technical Conference Registration

22 May 2023

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association today announced registration is open for the technical program for PCB West (https://pcbwest.co...  Read More...

Electronics Supply Chain Coming into Balance in H2, Says Supplyframe

Electronics Supply Chain Coming into Balance in H2, Says Supplyframe

19 May 2023

PASADENA, CA – Lead times and prices are expected to drop toward historical norms in the second quarter, while inventory reductions and corrections will continu...  Read More...

Semiconductor Industry Downturn to Bottom in Second Quarter, SEMI Reports

Semiconductor Industry Downturn to Bottom in Second Quarter, SEMI Reports

18 May 2023

MILPITAS, CA – The current global semiconductor manufacturing industry contraction is expected to moderate in the second quarter and give way to a gradual recov...  Read More...

Eltek Sees 18% Revenue Hike

Eltek Sees 18% Revenue Hike

18 May 2023

PETACH TIKVA, ISRAEL – Eltek reported revenue of $11.5 million for the first quarter, an 18% increase from last year's first quarter.  Read More...

PCB East 2023 Registration Up 59% Year-over-Year

PCB East 2023 Registration Up 59% Year-over-Year

17 May 2023

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registration for the PCB East (https://www.pcbeast.com) 2023 conference and exhibits rose 59% overall from last year, the Printed Circuit E...  Read More...

AT&S Reports Record Annual Revenue

AT&S Reports Record Annual Revenue

16 May 2023

LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – AT S saw a 13% increase in revenue for its fiscal year, reaching a record €1.79 billion ($1.94 billion).  Read More...

AT&S Building New Research Center in Austria

AT&S Building New Research Center in Austria

12 May 2023

LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – AT S has received a €250 million loan ($271 million) from European Investment Bank to fund research and development activities and help financ...  Read More...

Sanmina Sees $2.3B in Quarterly Revenue

Sanmina Sees $2.3B in Quarterly Revenue

12 May 2023

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina announced revenue of $2.32 billion for the second quarter of its fiscal year.  Read More...

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FEATURES

Reflections from Discontinuities

Reflections from Discontinuities

Models for predicting the effects of signal-destroying reflections. An ideal digital interconnect is a lossless transmission line with characteristic impedance...  Read More...

'A Solution for Anybody in North America'

'A Solution for Anybody in North America'

Following its acquisition of ACI, APCT head Steve Robinson is bullish on what's ahead. APCT in February completed the acquisition of Advanced Circuits Inc. (AC...  Read More...

Understanding Electroless Nickel Thickness in ENIG and ENEPIG

Understanding Electroless Nickel Thickness in ENIG and ENEPIG

The actual phosphorus content in the deposit must be considered. While the current focus in the electronics industry is chips, components and microelectronics,...  Read More...

How Interconnects Work: Characteristic Impedance and Reflections

How Interconnects Work: Characteristic Impedance and Reflections

Understanding reflections caused by transmission line characteristic impedance and termination impedance mismatch. Analysis of “digital interconnects” is the a...  Read More...

Permittivity vs Permeability: What’s the Difference?

Permittivity vs Permeability: What’s the Difference?

Some areas of physics have considerable impact on PCB designs. PCB designers have had exposure to electronics (some more than others). And most of what we do f...  Read More...

A Quick Fix for Fillet Starvation

A Quick Fix for Fillet Starvation

Not enough solder? Blame the via design! Vias in pads can be “solder thirsty” and suck up solder from pads at terminals during reflow, creating what may appear...  Read More...

Statistical Process Control Charts: Sampling Frequency, Subgroups and Plans

Statistical Process Control Charts: Sampling Frequency, Subgroups and Plans

Taking the confusion out of determining appropriate data collection parameters. In 1924, Dr. Walter Shewhart was working at Bell Telephone Laboratories. On May...  Read More...

Protecting Connectors on Zero Edge Clearance Boards

Protecting Connectors on Zero Edge Clearance Boards

Not leaving enough clearance is a design oversight that can have costly consequences. As PCB designers, fabricators and assemblers, we wear a lot of hats at Ru...  Read More...

Practices for Sustainability in PCB Metallization

Practices for Sustainability in PCB Metallization

A comparison of energy, water and chemical use for two common processes. “We will make decisions based on sustainability, Lenora.” I heard the words clearly. I...  Read More...

DfM: The Devil is in the PCB Design Details

DfM: The Devil is in the PCB Design Details

A design can look good on paper, but has it been vetted for manufacturing? Printed circuit board assembly: What comes to mind when you hear, read, or think tha...  Read More...

Why I4.0 and Reshoring Go Hand in Hand

Why I4.0 and Reshoring Go Hand in Hand

The path to digitize a factory is both closer and cheaper than most engineers realize. Reshoring has been a buzzword for a few years now. But when supply chain...  Read More...

NTI 100: The Unsinkable, Unstoppable PCB Market

NTI 100: The Unsinkable, Unstoppable PCB Market

Political and supply-chain issues could not slow printed circuit growth in 2021. The author attended his first IPC meeting in 1966. At that time, the consen...  Read More...

Making Technology-Specific Design Charts

Making Technology-Specific Design Charts

IPC-2152 is an important baseline for determining current carrying capacity, but further work must be done for individual applications. In response to recent c...  Read More...

Minimizing the Effects of Vias on Very High-Speed Digital Signals

Minimizing the Effects of Vias on Very High-Speed Digital Signals

Unwanted capacitance hanging off signal traces can cause unwanted resonances and excessive attenuation. Data rates for very high-speed data links keep climbing...  Read More...

Can PCB Fabrication Processes Keep Up with Design Demands?

Can PCB Fabrication Processes Keep Up with Design Demands?

New hole formation technologies and low-cost low-loss materials are needed. Ed.: This is the fourth of an occasional series by the authors of the 2019 iNEMI Ro...  Read More...

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PRODUCTS

Rohm Launches N-Channel MOSFETs

Rohm Launches N-Channel MOSFETs

Rohm Semiconductor's RS6xxxxBx and RH6xxxxBx series of N-channel MOSFETs are suitable for applications operating on 24V/36V/48V power supplies, such as base sta...  Read More...

InstaDeep Releases DeepPCB AI PCB Routing Platform

InstaDeep Releases DeepPCB AI PCB Routing Platform

InstaDeep DeepPCB AI performs fully automated routing for printed circuit boards of up to 150 pairs and two layers.  Read More...

Altair Rolls Out Simulation 2022.3

Altair Rolls Out Simulation 2022.3

Altair's Simulation 2022.3 brings updates that focus on cloud collaboration and computing, end-to-end simulation workflows, and design creation with AI-powered ...  Read More...

Elsyca Releases PCBBalance v2.1

Elsyca Releases PCBBalance v2.1

Elsyca PCBBalance v2.1 is the newest version of the DfM software for PCB designers and CAM engineers.  Read More...

Altium Launches Altium 365 GovCloud

Altium Launches Altium 365 GovCloud

Altium 365 GovCloud offers organizations the features and advantages of the Altium 365 cloud platform, along with additional security measures customized for hi...  Read More...

Zuken Releases Harness Builder 2023 for E3.series

Zuken Releases Harness Builder 2023 for E3.series

Zuken’s 2023 release for Harness Builder for E3.series features a complete graphical overhaul, giving the tool a modern feel and making it easier to understand ...  Read More...

Rohm Rolls Out 650V GaN HEMTs

Rohm Rolls Out 650V GaN HEMTs

Rohm Semiconductor's GNP1070TC-Z and GNP1150TCA-Z are 650V GaN (Gallium Nitride) HEMTs optimized for a wide range of power supply systems applications.  Read More...

Amphenol RF Releases Internal Antennas

Amphenol RF Releases Internal Antennas

Amphenol RF's flexible and PCB patch antennas are designed to be used inside connected devices and feature either a flexible pad or rigid printed circuit board ...  Read More...

Withwave Rolls Out Vertical Launch Connectors

Withwave Rolls Out Vertical Launch Connectors

Withwave's Vertical Launch Connectors are specially designed for solderless vertical PCB launch on test measurement board.  Read More...

Oztronics Launches PCB Layout Estimator Tool

Oztronics Launches PCB Layout Estimator Tool

Oztronics' 53000 software program is designed to be used to estimate the time required for creating printed circuit board layouts.  Read More...

Flux Releases Copilot AI-powered Hardware Design Assistant/PCB Design Tool

Flux Releases Copilot AI-powered Hardware Design Assistant/PCB Design Tool

Flux Copilot AI-powered hardware design assistant is integrated into a PCB design tool. Understands schematic designs, component lists, connections, and part in...  Read More...

Altair Releases SimSolid Cloud

Altair Releases SimSolid Cloud

Altair's SimSolid Cloud is a cloud-native structural simulation software that allows users to access simulation technology from any web browser anywhere, anytim...  Read More...

Identco Launches Line of Durable PCB Labels

Identco Launches Line of Durable PCB Labels

Identco's TT413 series of labels is designed to withstand prolonged, repeated exposure to the chemicals and high temperatures typical to post-production washing...  Read More...

Titan Tool Supply Launches ZMM-1 Microscope

Titan Tool Supply Launches ZMM-1 Microscope

Titan Tool Supply's Model ZMM-1 industrial inspection monocular zoom microscope is designed to provide manufacturers of smaller components and materials with re...  Read More...

Times Microwave Systems Releases TF-047 Micro-coaxial Cable

Times Microwave Systems Releases TF-047 Micro-coaxial Cable

Times Microwave Systems' TF-047 is compact and flexible for easy routing in space-constrained areas, with an overall diameter of 0.055in./1.40mm, and can suppor...  Read More...

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