Electronic Glossary

Passive components, or Passive Parts can’t introduce net energy into the circuit. They also can’t rely on a source of power, except for what is available from the (AC) circuit they are connected to. As a consequence they can’t amplify …

PCB Patterns include traces, holes, pads, annular rings and all other features. In PCB manufacturing, we address different patterns into land pattern, circuit pattern, solder mask pattern and etc. PCB patterns formation is starting to shift away from the mask …

The process to electroplate only select portions of a production PCB panel.

What’s PBGA?   Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) package incorporate the most advanced assembly processes and designs for cost/performance applications. This advanced IC package technology allows application and design engineers to optimize innovations while maximizing the performance characteristics of semiconductors. …

Printed Circuit (PC) Board. Also see Board, and Printed Circuit Board.

In computing, PC Card is a configuration for computer parallel communication peripheral interface, designed for laptop computers. Originally introduced as PCMCIA, the PC Card standard as well as its successors like CardBus were defined and developed by the Personal Computer …

Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA), also called PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly, or PCB Assembly).

Printed Circuit Board, also called Printed Wiring Board (PWB). The generic term for completely processed ‘printed wiring’, where predetermined conductive patterns are used to interconnect electronic components on a common insulating base. It includes single-sided, double-sided and multilayer boards made …

An Antenna is a wireless device to receive and transmit signals. When integrating an antenna on a printed circuit board (PCB), we call it as a PCB Antenna. Instead of using a three-dimensional wire that extends over the PCB or …

All of the data fundamental to a PCB design, stored as one or more files on a computer.