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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Paste Stencil Design Process Flow


Single PCB Design > Single PCB Gerbers > PCB Fabricator > PCB Fabricator Array > Assembly Pallet Array > Paste Stencil Array for Assembly Pallet > Gerbers to Assembly House > Gerbers to Stencil House > Paste Stencil Pallet and Gerbers Back to Assembly House > Paste Stencil Pallet Gerbers Onramp > Company Configuration Control.

The final paste stencil Gerbers (as modified by Assembly House or Stencil House) which have been optimized for yield should be assigned a drawing number and be checked into configuration control.

PCB Design for Ethernet - ICS1893BK

Rabbit TN266

System Design Guidelines for Stellaris - Texas Instruments

Pulse_Layout Considerations v7.pdf


Key Points: 

Remove planes under Ethernet Connector Transformer, ground plane maybe under the the Ethernet transformer if connector is shielded.

Keep TX and RX differential pairs separated ~ 0.050"

Avoid via stubs.

Chassis Ground.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

3D Solder Paste Volume Inspection


50% of assembly defects are solder paste printing related.

Source: http://www.ipcoutlook.org/mart/52922F.shtml