The quality of the soldering has a tremendous impact on the overall quality of the PCB. Through soldering, different parts of the PCB are connected to other electrical components to make a PCB ...

When PCB traces are in close proximity, they can talk to each other through the capacitor created by these traces. This type of cross-talk can wreak havoc as you try to combine analog and digital ...

“PCBs are banned,” Rodenburg said, “but for years they were used in hydraulic fluids, solvents, oils, paints, and many other common products. Yellow pigments are allowed to have small amounts of ...

Last month marked the first in a series of columns on the shortcomings of today's FPGA packages. This month, I will identify specific package problems. Before going into detail on the specifics, it's ...

PCB flaws and errors that are usually hidden, or at least disguised, can introduce passive errors into IC performance. To understand how these errors occur, though, we must first examine the ...