PCB Glossary

Conductor Thickness

The thickness of the conductor at any point chosen at random on the printed board, normally viewed from vertically above unless otherwise specified.

Conductor Thickness

PCB Glossary

Conductor Spacing

The average or minimum (as specified) distance between the adjacent edges of conductors on the same layer of a printed board.

Conductor Spacing

PCB Glossary

Conductor Side

The side of a single-sided printed board containing the conductive pattern.

Conductor Side

PCB Glossary

Conductor Pattern

See “Conductive Pattern ”.

Conductor Pattern

PCB Glossary

Conductor Layer

The total conductive pattern formed upon one side of a single layer of base material.

Conductor Layer

PCB Glossary

Conductor Base width

The conductor width at the plane of the surface of the base material. See also: Conductor width.

Conductor Base width

PCB Glossary

Conductive Pattern

The configuration or design of the conductive material on the base laminate. Includes conductors, lands, and through connections.

Conductive Pattern

PCB Glossary

Conductive Foil

A thin sheet of metal that may cover one or both sides of the base material and is intended to form the conductive pattern.

Conductive Foil

PCB Glossary

Conductive Adhesive

A material to which metal particles (usually silver ) are added to increase electrical conductivity.

Conductive Adhesive

PCB Glossary

Component

Any of the basic parts used in building electronic equipment, such as a resistor, capacitor, DIP or connector, etc.

Component

PCB Glossary

Component side

(Primary side) The surface layer of a board on which most of the components are placed. Component side is also referred to as the top side (layer one-counting downwards) of the board.

Component side

PCB Glossary

Component Hole

A hole in a PCB through-which a component lead passes in order to be soldered or connected mechanically to the printed circuit and electrically to the conductive pattern. Synonym: mounting hole....

Component Hole

PCB Glossary

Component Density

The quantity of components on a unit area of printed board.

Component Density

PCB Glossary

Compiler

A software module that analyses and converts programs from a high-level language to binary machine codes.

Compiler

PCB Glossary

Compatibility

In which materials can be mixed or brought into contact with no reaction or separation.

Compatibility

PCB Glossary

Cold Solder Connection

A solder connection that exhibits poor wetting and that is characterized by a greyish porous appearance.

Cold Solder Connection

PCB Glossary

Coefficient of Expansion, Thermal-CTE

The fractional change in dimension of a material for a unit change in temperature expressed in ppm/C.

Coefficient of Expansion Thermal-CTE

PCB Glossary

COB

Chip on board. Component packaging technology in which bare integrated circuits are attached directly to the surface of a substrate and interconnected to the substrate most often by means of microscop...

COB

PCB Glossary

Coating

A thin layer of material, either conductive or insulating, applied over components or base materials.

Coating

PCB Glossary

Clinched-wire through Connection

A connection made by a wire which is passed through a hole in a printed circuit board, and subsequently formed, or clinched, in contact with the conductive pattern on each side of the board, and...

Clinched-wire through Connection

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