With the rapid development of smart devices, automotive electronics, and 5G communication technology, market demand for electronic components continues to grow. However, the continuous rise in raw material prices, especially the high volatility of silver prices, has placed significant cost pressu...
Vacuum coating technology offers several key advantages, including environmental friendliness, high efficiency, excellent film uniformity, and superior coating density. Vacuum coating equipment can generally be classified into the following types:
1. Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Equipment
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Introduction: From Throughput-Driven to Yield-Driven — PCB Drilling Enters a New Standard Cycle
In the conventional stage of PCB fabrication, the competitive logic of the drilling process was throughput-oriented—higher spindle speed, lower consumable cost, and larger production scale translated d...
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are the backbone of the electronics industry, serving as the critical platform for electrical interconnection and signal transmission. To enable interlayer connectivity and component mounting in multilayer boards, tens of thousands of microvias must be precisely dril...
In the technological framework of vacuum coating equipment, reproducibility design is not an auxiliary metric, but a fundamental capability embedded throughout equipment development, process realization, and mass production. Particularly in applications such as automotive interior components, opt...
In the vacuum coating industry, equipment upgrading is often understood as adding more cathodes, increasing power capacity, enlarging the chamber, or improving the level of automation. These upgrades can indeed improve production capacity. However, in real production projects, the success of an e...
In the manufacturing of varistors, ceramic capacitors, and related ceramic substrates, terminal electrode metallization has long been a critical process that directly determines product performance, cost structure, and consistency. Traditionally, the industry relies on silver paste transfer print...
Vacuum coating technology is widely recognized for its environmental friendliness, high efficiency, excellent film uniformity, and superior film density. In industrial applications, vacuum coating equipment is generally classified into two main categories: Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) and Chem...
Over the past decade, millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar has evolved from a niche sensor in a few high-end vehicles to a critical perceptual infrastructure in intelligent vehicles. From adaptive cruise control (ACC) and automatic emergency braking (AEB) to increasingly prevalent high-speed navigation...
In the electronics manufacturing sector, the conductivity and reliability of ceramic capacitors and resistors are critical determinants of product lifespan. Traditionally, the industry has relied on electroplating silver or silver paste screen-printing to build a 20μm thick silver layer, ensuring...
As the PCB industry continues its evolution toward high-density interconnect (HDI), IC substrates, and advanced packaging technologies, the micro-drill has become a critical processing tool whose precision, durability, and stability directly affect production efficiency and product quality. Drive...
In advanced vacuum coating processes, precise control of thin film composition is essential to achieving the desired optical, mechanical, and functional properties. Multi-target switching, a technique widely applied in PVD, magnetron sputtering, and ion-assisted deposition systems, plays a critic...
Continuous production in vacuum coating environments presents unique challenges that directly affect equipment stability, process repeatability, and thin film quality. In high-throughput PVD, magnetron sputtering, ALD, or PECVD lines, maintaining consistent deposition parameters over extended ope...
Preface: From Interconnects to Micron-Level Challenges
With the rapid advancement of 5G communication, AI servers, and advanced packaging technologies, PCB (Printed Circuit Board) manufacturing has evolved into a high-density, microvia-driven platform. The adoption of HDI boards, multilayer PCBs,...
In vacuum coating technologies, high-reflective (HR) and low-reflective (AR) thin films present distinct challenges and requirements that directly influence equipment design, process control, and deposition strategies. While both types of coatings rely on precise control of film thickness, stoich...