New technologies for electrical testing: PWB cost impact

Abstract

While PWB selling prices keep on decreasing at the average rate of 6 percent per year, the cost of advanced electrical testing is escalating in a dangerous way. Today, investing in a new test capacity has become one of the most strategic decision for a PCB manufacturer, and not only on the leading edge side. This paper will investigate what will be the impact of emerging test technologies on the cost of manufacturing tomorrow’s PWBs.

Citation

Vaucher, C. (2000), "New technologies for electrical testing: PWB cost impact", Circuit World, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/03056120010378815