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COVER STORY
The Price is Right
2010 was a comeback year for printed circuit board designers: Nearly 70% saw their pay rise – and perhaps more important – job security is improving. Our annual survey also shows designers aren’t as long in the tooth as some may have thought.
by Chelsey Drysdale

PCB PROCUREMENT
10 Tips for Purchasing PCBs
Four industry veterans with backgrounds in PCB materials, chemistry, fabrication and assembly provided their expert advice, often echoing each other’s recommendations. If you want to maximize PCB quality, price, performance, delivery or overall value, try following some of these insiders’ tips.
by Marissa Oskarsen

FIRST PERSON

• Caveat Lector
  Martin’s law.
  Mike Buetow
  
  
  

MONEY MATTERS

• Global Sourcing
  Making sense of the macros.
  Jennifer Read

• ROI
  Taken for granted.
  Peter Bigelow

TECH TALK

• On the Forefront
  Supply chain unlinked.
  E. Jan Vardaman

• Signal Integrity Insights
  Transparent via design.
  Dr. Eric Bogatin

• Database
  Parts management.
  Manny Marcano

• Designer’s Notebook
  Stacked up.
  Patrick Carrier
  
  
• Solar Technologies
  Solar conversion efficiency.
  Tom Falcon

• Technical Abstracts
  In case you missed it.