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Design for Manufacturing Handbook

DFM is knowing the best design for your electronics in terms of both cost and complexity.

10 CHAPTERS

40 PAGES

45 MINUTE READ

To ensure cost-efficient manufacturing, top PCB designers address these areas before sending files to their manufacturer:

Annular rings: avoid drill breakouts
Vias: optimize your design
Trace width and space: follow the best practices
Solder mask and silkscreen: get the must-knows

Make sure your design will be manufacturable the first time.

Why address DFM?

PCB designers, engineers and manufacturers use design for manufacturing (DFM) guidelines to ensure the manufacturability of the designs.

Imagine finding errors in the fabrication and assembly process in the final stage. That would be a nightmare! DFM checks are all about finding errors that could have been easily prevented before going to fab.

Also inside this DFM Handbook:

Manufacturing and cost considerations
Board complexity vs price
Gotchas in annual ring and hole registration

Sierra Circuits PCB Certifications & Registrations

Sierra Circuits holds IPC-6012, IPC-6013, IPC-6015, IPC-6018, and IPC-A-600 PCB certifications

Sierra Circuits is ISO 9001:2015 certified for Military and Aerospace PCBs

Sierra Circuits is ISO 13485:2016 certified for Medical Device PCBs

Sierra Circuits holds MIL-PRF-55110 & MIL-PRF-31032 PCB certifications

Sierra Circuits is certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Sierra Circuits is REACH Compliant for PCB certifications

Sierra Circuits is RoHS Compliant for PCB certifications

Sierra Circuits holds PCB certifications for Flex, Rigid-Flex, and Rigid PCBs by the Underwriters Laboratory

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Since 1986, Sierra Circuits has faithfully served more than 20,000 PCB designers and engineers with PCB design, manufacturing and assembly and High-Density Interconnect technology.

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