Advantages of Buried Resistors The electronic industry is increasingly demanding faster processing times and improved performances. This has led to the generation of new challenges in both RF and digital circuit board designs. Replacing discrete and SMD resis...

Heat Generation Issues Heat generation in electronic circuits is equivalent to inefficiency, but then one cannot have a circuit that operates at 100% efficiency—the laws of Physics and Thermodynamics say so. Therefore, we must accept that any electronic...

Background It is becoming increasingly difficult to define a frequency at which it becomes necessary to transition from FR-4 types of material to high-frequency materials for circuits. This is because different technologies now accept various performances fro...

Introduction to Circuit Boards At virtually all times of the day, we are almost surrounded by technology, and most of it helps in making our daily routines easier. In fact, most of us would probably feel completely lost without our electronic devices. ...

Modern electronic modules demand increasingly high levels of density. The miniature sizes of most surface mount devices (SMDs) that have now reached unbelievably small dimensions are primarily fueling this demand. Other advancements such as improvements in packaging technology has led to fine-...