Electronic Glossary

What Are Conflict Minerals?   Conflict Minerals describes the complex of problems, that mining and trading in certain raw materials can help finance armed groups in Conflict Areas that are associated with serious violations of human rights, child labor and …

A coating that is added over the printed circuit board and the installed components on the circuit board in order to provide protection to the circuitry. The protection could be against weather, water, dirt, etc.

The intelligence inherent in PCB CAD software which maintains the correct connections between pins of components as defined by the schematic.

An Electrical Connector is an electromechanical device used to join electrical conductors and create an electrical circuit. Most electrical connectors have a gender – i.e. the male component, called a plug, connects to the female component, or socket. The connection …

A protrusion of the Printed Circuit Board edge that is manufactured to a configuration to mate with a receptacle that provides electrical and/or mechanical junction between the printed circuit board and other circuitry.

Circuit used to maintain constant current to a load having resistance that changes.

Current carrying part of a switch, relay or connector.

The angle of wetting between the solder fillet and termination or land pattern. A contact angle is measured by constructing a line tangential to the solder fillet that passes through a point of origin located at the plane of intersection …

A contract manufacturer (CM) is a manufacturer that contracts with a firm for components or products (in which case it is a turnkey supplier). It is a form of outsourcing. PCB Contract Manufacturing caters to the OEM market, involves the …

Adjusting the thickness of the circuit boards materials (fiberglass) in order to create a specific electrical effect. Most often used in multi-layer boards in order to obtain the desired impedance.