Printed Circuit Boards

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Printed Circuit Boards

Printed circuit boards were invented in the1930's and are used in a

variety of electronic circuits. The uses range from simple

one-transistor amplifiers to super computers. Printed circuit boards

are a large part of technology in the modern world. They can be found

in products such as cars, toys, TV's, computers, telephones, oven etc.

In my report I am going to itemise and explain the process involved in

producing a printed circuit board with the characteristics below.

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There are many methods to making printed circuit boards. The first

method is a traditional manual method. It involves using subtractive

techniques; this is where the excess copper layer is removed from a

board coated in copper, therefore leaving the artwork exposed. This

traditional method of making a printed circuit board involves six main

stages.

The first is drawing a schematic diagram of the circuit; this is the

diagram to show the circuits components and how they are connected.

The schematic diagram can be designed in many different ways, it can

be drawn and designed by hand and then transfer the image onto the

circuit board. Computer aided design can also be used to design the

schematic drawing by using applications on software on a computer. By

using computer aided design to design the printed circuit board it

makes the task a lot simpler because it's easier to decide on the

location of components, and the drawing of the interconnections. There

are special schematic computer packages that will help to design the

printed circuit board by it picking components, rout traces to

artwork, check your design and then at the end find missing

connections, spacing violations and many other problems. The schematic

diagram is usually tested using a prototype before committing to a

printed circuit board. This will verify that the symbols and words are

an accurate representation of the circuit you want to build.

Overleaf shows a picture of a schematic diagram for a Kodak camera.

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The next step to making a printed circuit board is to design the

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