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... is more cumbersome and difficult for fabricators to deal with because they have to worry about translators and parsers to read the aperture table | PCB PRODUCER | information. As a result, aperture data might be misinterpreted. Worse, someone might have typed in the information manually - and erroneously. By contrast, in 274X, | PCB PRODUCER | all the aperture information is contained within the Gerber file, which can be read by most CAM tools automatically. For netlists, IPC-D-356 is the preferred | PCB PRODUCER | format for fabrication. It's widely used by many of the bare-board test-fixturing machines and is one of the only true ways to identify power- to-ground | PCB PRODUCER | shorts. With the information in this format coming directly from the engineering CAD system, there's no danger of the fabricator "reverse engineering" the netlist from | PCB PRODUCER | the Gerber files. Next up are the internal plane layers. For some reason, CAD engineers like them to be "positive," but those types of layers | PCB PRODUCER | lead to huge file sizes. Negative plane layers are usually ...
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... can resolve any conflicts between the two. | TAKE SOLDERMASK LAYERS |, for instance. Often, these layers are not "intelligent" layers within a CAD | PCB PRODUCER | tool; that is, there is not much in the way of capability checking within the tool. As a result, these are among the more troublesome | PCB PRODUCER | layers for fabricators. The solution here is a fabrication analysis tool that can handle such issues as clearances, coverage, webbing, and so forth. For instance, | PCB PRODUCER | most fab shops want the largest possible | CLEARANCES | in a solder layer so that mask doesn't end up on pads. On the flip | PCB PRODUCER | side, copper is not supposed to be exposed. The two requirements - no mask on pads and unwanted exposed copper - must be balanced. It | PCB PRODUCER | is not easy to do. How can the designer help? Devise a standardized clearance, or set the clearances at 1:1, and let the shop do | PCB PRODUCER | the soldermask enhancement. Here's another issue: | THE SOLDERMASK | webbing between pads on fine-pitch surface mount devices. Most masks can go to 0.003" without ...
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... step into the fabrication | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS | analysis arena, where the game is one of checks and balances. You've got your design | PCB PRODUCER | rules; fabricators have theirs. Checks and balances can resolve any conflicts between the two. | TAKE SOLDERMASK LAYERS |, for instance. Often, these layers are | PCB PRODUCER | not "intelligent" layers within a CAD tool; that is, there is not much in the way of capability checking within the tool. As a result, | PCB PRODUCER | these are among the more troublesome layers for fabricators. The solution here is a fabrication analysis tool that can handle such issues as clearances, coverage, | PCB PRODUCER | webbing, and so forth. For instance, most fab shops want the largest possible | CLEARANCES | in a solder layer so that mask doesn't end | PCB PRODUCER | up on pads. On the flip side, copper is not supposed to be exposed. The two requirements - no mask on pads and unwanted exposed | PCB PRODUCER | copper - must be balanced. It is not easy to do. How can the designer help? Devise a standardized clearance, or set the ...
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