Feeder
The component depot of an assembly machine for (SMD-) Printed circuit board assembly is called feeder. Components can be placed into the feeder in various variants:Tape & ReelBeltin…
Just in Time
With the Just in Time - production (JIT), the required parts (e.g. circuit boards, components) are always ordered / delivered when exactly needed. Hence, stock keeping ceases to exist,…
Contour
In printed circuit board manufacturing, contour stands for the the outline of the PCB. This is usually milled or scored. Depending on the type of production, the conductors have to keep a…
Known Good Die
Known Good Die describes a tested integrated circuit (die) , in the microelectronics. The dice (plural) are qualified by the chip manufacturer on a wafer to be error free, before…
IMDS
IMDS stands for International Material Data System. IMDS (www.mdsystem.com) was developed by automobile manufacturers to collect the composition of the materials used in cars, parts, assemblies…
Outer layers
The outer copper layers / conductive patterns of printed circuit boards are refered as outer layers (named top and bottom). A printed circuit board has one (single-sided PCB) or two…
Inner layers
The (copper) layers of a multilayer circuit board which are located between the outer layers (top / bottom). Laminates and copper of different thickness can be combined for the…
