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22 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2023 Dave Hoover TTM What is your top concern for PCB designers? Today's PCB designers need to have better awareness of actual manufacturing tolerances and capabilities. ey need to work with their fabricator's application engineer to fully under- stand the board shop's capabilities. What issue should PCB designers be more aware of? When selecting a material, designers should pay attention to the support and services pro- vided by their material supplier. Remember: It's not all about price. What problem should PCB designers be more aware of? Designers need to know the difference between short-run NPI (QTA) vs. mass pro- duction quantities. ere can be vast variations between the two; it's easy to hold a tighter tol- erance on QTA lot sizes. Gerry Partida Summit Interconnect What is your main concern for PCB designers? More designers must pay attention to the mini- mum conductor thickness on internal buried/ blind layers. What issue should PCB designers be more aware of? Calculation of a pad size to Class 2 or 3. What problems should PCB designers be more aware of? Non-functional pads and drill-to-copper dis- tance; there is no extra routing space. DESIGN007 Dave Hoover Gerry Partida