WALTHAM, MA -- Nano Dimension today announced audited consolidated revenues of $12.1 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, up 61% over 2021 up 21% seque... Read More...
ATLANTA - The most recent results of ECIA’s ECST survey show sales sentiment slipping slightly from the recent highs it hit in February. In the February survey ... Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – The establishment of a pilot facility in the US for manufacturing IC substrates is a first step towards re-establishing semiconductor packagin... Read More...
WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension has announced the submission of a revised offer to acquire Stratasys for $19.55 per share in cash. Read More...
SAN FRANCISCO – Tempo Automation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Optimum Design Associates, an electronic design services c... Read More...
WASHINGTON DC – President Joe Biden has authorized the use of the Defense Production Act to spur domestic and Canadian production of printed circuit boards, cit... Read More...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Altium saw revenue of $119.5 million for the second half of 2022, an increase of 17% from the first half of the year. Read More...
GUANGZHOU, CHINA – Xingsen Technology said its FCBGA packaging substrate project is still under construction, and it is expected that mass production will begin... Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Though overall industry sentiment is upbeat, around 58% of the respondents to IPC’s monthly Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain R... Read More...
TOKYO – Japan's PCB production continued to shrink in January and recorded the largest decrease in more than six years, with flexible circuit production falling... Read More...
WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension said it will continue to consider its options after Stratasys rejected its proposal to acquire the company. Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in February 2023 were up 5.6% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, Februa... Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in February were up 5.1% compared to the same month last year, and down 4.9% from January, according to thi... Read More...
MILPITAS, CA – Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to decrease 22% year-over-year to $76 billion in 2023 from a record high of $9... Read More...
ROCHESTER, NY – EMA Design Automation will host a webinar, "How to Optimize Your Prototype for High-Volume PCB Manufacturing," on April 4 at 2 p.m. ET... Read More...
Understanding reflections caused by transmission line characteristic impedance and termination impedance mismatch. Analysis of “digital interconnects” is the a... Read More...
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...
Exhibitors hope new products will keep the order books filled in 2023. The good times of 2022 carried over into January as the industry turned out for one of t... Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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Thermal interface materials provide much-needed heat relief for electronic assemblies. Overheating is the number one cause of electronic component failure and ... Read More...
A basic process for revising a client-supplied CAD (http://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/menu-research/cad-cam-pcb-software) database. Not all designs start from sc... Read More...
A review of five useful tools and the basis for using each. What is the prominent skill process engineers are on the payroll for? It’s their problem-solving sk... Read More...
Will a “universal” footprint work for various-sized passives? This details the design of an LED constant-current driver PCB. I am trying to make this design as... Read More...
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...
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...
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...
Vishay Intertechnology has enhanced its RCS0805 e3 anti-surge thick film resistor to include a higher power rating of 0.5W. Read More...
Times Microwave Systems' InstaBend 141 high-performance microwave assembly is a larger-diameter, lower-loss addition to the InstaBend family of microwave assemb... Read More...
Hirose Electric's IT14 Series stackable ball grid array mezzanine connector is designed for high-speed and high-density server applications. Read More...
KiCad 7.0.1 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release. Read More...
Numerical Innovations' ACE 2D/3D Translator has been updated to Version 8.3.0, adding a number of new features. Read More...
Würth Elektronik's WCAP-FTXH series of capacitors is ENEC 10, cULus, and CQC certified and belongs to the X2 safety class capacitors according to IEC 60384-14. ... Read More...
Ucamco's newest versions of its Pre-CAM and CAM software include additions to increase customers’ productivity. Read More...
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DIS Datalign series front-end automated lay-up system is for multilayer printed circuit board fabrication. Accepts all inputs including cores and prepreg. Robot... Read More...
Vishay's BCcomponents 172 RLX series of capacitors combine high ripple currents up to 4.9 A, high temperature operation to +105 °C, and useful life to 10,000h i... Read More...
Stackpole's ASR/ASRM series of resistors offers high working voltages, high pulse voltage handling, and well-defined pulse behavior for high voltage application... Read More...
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Vishay Intertechnology's T51 automotive grade series of vPolyTan surface-mount polymer tantalum molded chip capacitors are designed to deliver improved performa... Read More...
Amphenol Ardent Concepts' TR90 multicoax connector is designed to transfer high-speed signals up to 90 GHz and is designed for use in 112G/224G, 5G/6G, and auto... Read More...
Avishtech's Gauss SI and SI PRO are toolsets that provide a clear and easy-to-use pathway to rapidly construct PCB stackups and simulate for impedance and loss ... Read More...