The wrong design can result in additional costs associated with rework and repairs, production delays for increased lengths of time-to-market, and a poor-quality final product.

To ensure your PCB is designed for manufacturability, Green Circuits Design and Assembly experts recommend:

Choosing a Modular Design

• Modular designs offer design and structural versatility that simplify the manufacturing process.

Using Standardized Components

• Standard components cost less, reduce lead time, and minimize the risk of error in the handling and assembly stages of production.

Evaluating Design Alternatives

• Analysis of the design layout prior to production includes a review of required parts and tolerances that promotes ease of handling and reduces the risk of rework.

Minimizing Manual Handling

• Automation promotes easy product assembly and the avoidance of assembly failure.

Minimizing Assembly Steps

• Reducing the assembly steps and required tooling will optimize the product design, manufacturing, and sustainability.

Selecting the Best Packaging

• Select packaging the best packaging for your product design; remember: the higher the pin pitch, the higher the assembly yields.

Following PCB Land Pattern Design Recommendations

• PCB Land patterns should be designed following the recommendation from vendor datasheet or IPC-7351 guideline 

Reviewing Design Layout for DFA Compliance

• Design for Assembly (DFA) constraints are set to layout to catch any DFA violation automatically during layout process 

Analyzing Costs and Design Performance

• Performing a quick routing feasibility study to assess the costs, design performance and review/modify the proposed design layout prior to design finalization and manufacturing.

Verifying the Layout Design is DFA/DFT/DFM

• Review the Designed for Assembly/ Demand Flow Technology/ Designed for Manufacturability  (DFS/DFT/DFM) verification reports to confirm the layout gerber packaging of your product is ready for manufacturing.

Whether you decide to design your PCB with your in-house team or engineers or partner with Green Circuits, a PCB Assembly and Manufacturer that specializes in quick-turn PCB design and prototyping, an optimized PCB design is the catalyst for a successful and high-quality product.