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FEATURES

• DfA
  Component Layout in Placement Processes
  Effective, accurate component placement takes into account the best practices of design and assembly, both of them inextricably intertwined. Positioning CSPs and noise-sensitive devices are two of a host of considerations.
  by Zulki Khan
  

• Copper Plating
  Improved Electrolytic Copper Plating for Flex PWBs
  A novel electrolytic copper-plating process is said to provide flex circuit manufacturers a new option for meeting system performance requirements, while maintaining or improving product interconnection and mechanical reliability.
  by Hiroshi Hoshiyama, Shinjiroh Hayashi, Makoto Sakai and Rikiya Shimizu
  

• CAD-CAM
  PCB Data Preparation
  What happens to CAD data once it is released to manufacturing? A veteran designer describes what happens to a typical job once it leaves his facility and reaches manufacturing.
  by Jack Olson and Mike Tucker
  

FIRST PERSON

• Caveat Lector
  Testing our mettle.
  Mike Buetow

• Sherman's Market
  Riding the EMS rollercoaster.
  Randall Sherman

• Database
  Microwave heats up.
  Pete Waddell

MONEY MATTERS

• Global Sourcing
  When offshoring works best.
  Rob Duvall

• ROI
  Back to basics.
  Peter Bigelow

TECH TALK

• EMC for the Real World
  Grover on inductance.
  Dr. Eric Bogatin

• The Defects Database
  Rethinking black pad.
  Dr. Davide Di Maio, Ph.D.

• Test and Inspection
  IEEE test standards 'speed' toward resolution.
  Jun Balangue

• Getting Lean
  Sequentially implementing Lean and Lean Sigma.
  Carlos Rodriguez

DEPARTMENTS

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