Electronic Glossary

Abbreviation for Direct Current. See direction current.

Any source of DC power for electrical equipment.

Process of removing burrs after mechanical drilling in PCB fabrication.

A frequency factor of ten.

A graphic software representation of a component, so named because hand tape-up of printed circuit boards employed the use of pull-off and paste decals to represent components. Also called a part, footprint or package. On a the manufactured board the …

(dB) a logarithmic representation of gain or loss.

Any nonconformance to specified requirements by a bare PCB or PCB assembly.

When any copper foil or laminate materials in a PCB begin to separate after the boards have been manufactured.

PCB and PCBA Delivery Format can be unit delivery (single pieces) and panel delivery.

The chemical process of removing drilling debris that is left in the holes of a production PCB panel after being drilled.