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4 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2025 MARCH 2025 • FEATURED CONTENT Corrosion, adhesion, bonding—the comprehensive issue of surface finish plating is a primary one for printed circuit board manufacturers and their assembly counterparts with gold as the "gold standard" for many applications. But gold is expensive, and it has its limits. The Essential Guide to Surface Finishes FEATURE ARTICLES Gold as a Key Component in PCBs and IC Substrates by Britta Schafsteller, Sandra Nelle, and Kuldip Johal Observations on Palladium as a Final Finish by Happy Holden Excerpt: Novel Surface Finish for 5G-mmWave Frequency PCB Technologies by Kunal Shah FEATURE COLUMNS The Golden Touch? by Marcy LaRont Surface Finishes for PCBs by Don Ball Organic Addition Agents in Electrolytic Copper Plating by Michael Carano FEATURE INTERVIEWS Electroninks' MOD and iSAP Game Changers with Mike Vinson 8 60 64 36 10 54 70 60 54 36