Another common mistake is simply reducing the diameter of the through-holes to permit space to reroute the breakout. To maintain manufacturability, I recommend a minimum 6mil finished hole size/8mil ...

It is well known that getting a product to market quickly is critical to a company’s success. There are many steps involved in this process, and manufacturers need to continuously find areas to ...

As the industry continues to press forward with 65-nm design starts and early production volumes, most of the buzz surrounding DFM has focused on the critical chip layers that form the transistor ...

If you’re in manufacturing, you know that clarity equals control. Manufacturing control becomes difficult when production runs on spreadsheets, paper job cards, whiteboards, manual updates and memory.