How PCB printed circuit board designs are made 101

How PCB printed circuit board designs are made 101

While designing PCB (Printed Circuit Board) some steps are required to be followed.The following steps will provide you with the necessary information:

PCB Design 101

You can use a PCB design software first to make your circuit design successful.  Some of the best known of these software include Altium Designer, OrCAD, Eagle PCB and KiCad.

First discuss the circuits and components you need.  Circuit design requires you to observe various components like resistors, capacitors, transistors, integrated circuits (IC) etc.  Also circuit functionality, data path, clock electrical determination etc. have to be done.

In circuit design software you need to create a new project at the beginning.  Circuit design software will have a project creation option, which you can use to start a new project.

Here you add the required components to the circuit design software.  You can assemble components directly into table and footprint pages or select components from the design software's integrated library.

Here you have to arrange the various components in the circuit design software as you like.  For example circuit functionality, electrical connections, footprint arrangement etc. have to be considered.

Next you need to determine the exact number, size, location, etc. of the components.  This is determined based on your requirements, circuit complexity and special design requirements.

Next, you need to design the traces and connection lines on the circuit board.  It will indicate the connections in the circuit and help you make the electrical connections between the various components.  Traces and connection lines shall be placed between the required components and provide a clear path to contact the circuit board.

You need to create the layout of the circuit board.  Here you need to determine uptoroute of components, size of board, power distribution, uptoplacement of components, change of trace path etc.

While creating the layout you need to move the components that are in an open space and provide proper clearance according to the functionality of the circuit and a role.

Once the layout is done, you need to create the perfect circuit board design.  It makes connections of components through traces and copper plating on printed circuit boards.

You need to do a PCB manufacturing to develop the printed circuit board.  This process can be accomplished by coordinating with an expert PCB manufacturer.  You can follow the following steps:

First, traces will be created for the connections you have in your design.  This is the first step in making a printed circuit board.

Connections are made on the traces by applying copper plating or atomic deposition on the circuit board.  Copper Plating is a process where one copper sheet is deposited on another and the copper layer is formed using an atomic deposition specialist machine.