Hosting a Series of Online Webinars: PCB101 The Basics of Printed Circuit Board Fabrication

“Printed circuit boards are the foundation, the building blocks, for all modern electronic products. The long-term quality and reliability of any product is determined by the quality of the build. This series gives us an opportunity to connect with our customers and the PCB industry in a safe, yet informative environment during this pandemic”, comments Warren Kenzie, Technical Director North America Circuitry Solutions.

The series will be presented by the global MacDermid Alpha industry experts as well as outside speakers.

Week 1: Tuesday, October 27 1:00 – 3:00pm EST

Inner Layer to Lamination – Rich Retallick, MacDermid Alpha

•  Inner Layer Pre-clean
•  Imaging
•  Develop – Etch – Strip
•  Oxide & Oxide Replacement
•  Materials Selection/Lamination - Rogers Materials
•  Laser Drilling – Kurt Weber, Innolas Solutions

Week 2: Tuesday, November 3 1:00 – 3:00pm EST

Making Holes Conductive – Bill Bowerman, MacDermid Alpha

•  Chemical Desmear
•  Plasma – John Stubbe, TUC
•  Electroless Copper Metallization
•  Direct Metallization

Week 3: Tuesday, November 10 1:00 – 3:00pm EST

Plating – Rich Bellemare, MacDermid Alpha

•  Outer Layer Imaging
•  Pre-plate Cleaning
•  DC Copper
•  Pulse Copper
•  Analyzing with CVS - Peter Bratin, ECI
•  Via Fill and Via Plate
•  Strip - Etch - Strip

Week 4: Tuesday, November 17 1:00 – 3:00pm EST

Final Finishes – John Swanson, MacDermid Alpha

Measurement Using XRF - Rob Weber, Fischer

Which Final Finish and Why:

•  OSP
•  Silver
• Tin
• ENIG/ENEPIG
•  Assembly