PCB Glossary

Base Material Thickness

The thickness of the base material, excluding metal foil or material deposited on the surface.

Base Material Thickness

PCB Glossary

Base Laminate

The substrate material upon which the conductive wiring pattern may be formed.

Base Laminate

PCB Glossary

Base Copper

The original, thin copper foil present on one or both sides of a copper clad laminate. During PCB manufacture,...

Base Copper

PCB Glossary

Barrel

The cylinder formed by plating through a drilled hole.

Barrel

PCB Glossary

Bare Board

A PCB having all lines, pads and layers intact but without components installed. An unassembled PCB.

Bare Board

PCB Glossary

Backpanel (Backplane)

see ”Mother Board”

Backpanel (Backplane)

PCB Glossary

Backdriving

An in-circuit test procedure for digital circuitry.

Backdriving

PCB Glossary

B&B

Blind and Buried via holes.

B&B

PCB Glossary

B-stage Material

Laminate impregnated with a resin and cured to an intermediate stage (B-stage resin ). Normally designated as prepr...

B-stage Material

PCB Glossary

Azeotrope

Two or more polar and non-polar solvents that behave when mixed as a single solvent to remove polar and n...

Azeotrope

PCB Glossary

Axial Lead

A lead extending out the end and along the axis of a resistor, capacitor or other axial part rather than&...

Axial Lead

PCB Glossary

AWG

American Wire Gauge. A method of specifying wire diameter; the higher the number, the smaller the diameter.

AWG

PCB Glossary

Automatic Test Equipment

Hardware that automatically analyses functional or static parameters to evaluate performance degradation. It also performs fa...

Automatic Test Equipment

PCB Glossary

Automated Component Insertion

Assembling discrete components to PCBs via electrically controlled equipment.

Automated Component Insertion

PCB Glossary

ATE

( see Automatic Test Equipment )

ATE

PCB Glossary

Assembly Language

A computer language of brief expressions for translation into a machine language.

Assembly Language

PCB Glossary

Assembly House

A manufacturing facility for attaching and soldering components to a printed circuit.

Assembly House

PCB Glossary

Assembly Drawing

i: A drawing depicting the locations of components, with their reference designators (q.v.), on a printed circuit. ii:T...

Assembly Drawing

PCB Glossary

Aspect Ratio

The ratio of the circuit board thickness to the smallest hole diameter.

Aspect Ratio

PCB Glossary

ASCII

Acronym for “American Standard Code for Information Interchange”; a seven-bit code that assigns numeric values to letter...

ASCII

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