PCB

DESIGN

What is PCB?
Printed Circuit Board
Electronic Board that connects circuit components
PCBsare a composite of conductive and insulating
materials with many layers with wiring interconnects.
It provides mechanical support for the electronic
components.
It interconnects the components to each other and
provides input/output connections so that the
electronics can interact with the user.

Why PCB?

Surprisingly Affordable
Highly reliable
Compact
PCBs are designed
with dedicated layout
software, Electronic
Design Automation
(EDA)

What is EDA Tool ?

Electronic Design Automation is an software tool for
designing electronic systems such as PCB(Printed
Circuit Board) and IC (Integrated Circuit)
SOME EDA TOOLS
OrCAD
EAGLE
PADS
ALTIUM

Materials of PCB
Conducting layers are typically made of thin
copper foil.
The board is typically coated with a solder
mask that is green in color. Other colors that
are normally available are blue and red.
Unwanted copper is removed from the
substrate after etching leaving only the
desired copper traces or pathways

Parts of a PCB

Vias
Components
Pads
Traces
Vias
Top Metal Layer
Bottom Metal Layer

Trace
s
Bottom
Metal
Layer

Pads
Top Metal
Layer

Components
Components are the actual
devices used in the circuit.
This includes input/output
connections.
I/O ports, including power
supply connections, are also
important in the PCB design.

Pads
Location that components connect to.
You will solder components to the pads on the
PCB.
Pads will connect to traces.
Pads have an inner diameter and outer
diameter.

Traces

Traces connect pads together.

Traces are essentially the wiring of the PCB.
Equivalent to wire for conducting signals
Traces sometimes connect to vias.
High current traces should be wide.
Signal traces usually narrower than power or
ground traces

Vias
Pad with a plated hole connecting
traces from one layer of board to other
layers.
Attempt to minimize via use in your
PCBs.
Some component leads can be used as
vias.

Jumpers
Often, many signal wires need to exist in
too small of a space and must overlap.
Running traces on different PCB layers is
an option.
Multilayer PCBs are often expensive.
Solution: use jumpers

Solder Mask
Protect copper traces on outer layers
from corrosion
Areas that shouldn't be soldered
may be covered with polymer resist
solder mask coating
Designed to keep solder only in
certain areas
Prevents solder form binding
between conductors and thereby
creating short circuits

Silkscreen
Printing on the solder mask to
designate component
locations
Readable information about
component part numbers and
placement.
Helpful in assembling, testing
and servicing the circuit board.

PCB Layers

PCB Layers

Single Layer
PCB

Multilayer PCB

PCB Layers
Single Layer PCB
Double layer PCB

PCB Layers
Multi Layer PCB

The PCB Design Process

Schematic
Capture
Place
Components

Iteration

Route Traces

Generate Gerbers

Fab!

PCB Manufacturing
There are mainly five standard technologies used in PCB manufacturing
1. Machining:This includes drilling, punching holes and routing on a PCB
with standard existent machinery and also new technologies like laser
and water jet cutting.
2. Imaging:This step transfers the circuit artwork onto individual layers.
Single sided or double sided PCBs may use simple Screen Printing
technology.
3. Laminating:This process is mainly used for manufacturing multilayer
boards, or the base laminates of single/double sided boards. B-stage
epoxy resin glass sheets are pressed between layers using hydraulic
press to bond the layers together.

PCB Manufacturing

4. Plating:It is basically the metallization process which may

be brought about either by wet chemical processes like
electro less plating and electrolytic plating.
5. Etching:The removal of unwanted metal and dielectric from
the board takes place by either dry or wet processes.

Types of PCB
A PCB can be of four types

Rigid boards
Flexible and rigid-flex boards
Metal-core boards
Injection molded

Types of PCB

Rigid boards

Metal-core boards

Injection molded

Flexible and rigid-flex boards

Thanking
You