Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Expected to Reach $358 Billion in 2015

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $358 billion in 2015, a 5.4 percent increase from 2014, but down from the previous quarter's forecast of 5.8 percent growth, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is being driven by strong growth in application-specific standard products (ASSPs) in smartphones, along with DRAM and NAND flash in ultramobiles and solid-state drives (SSDs).

"Semiconductor revenue growth in 2015 is expected to slow from the 7.9 percent growth experienced in 2014 as DRAM returns to more traditional price reductions and the industry burns off excess holiday inventory," said Jon Erensen, research director of Gartner. "DRAM pricing was unusually firm in 2014 due to short supply, which propelled DRAM to be the fastest-growing device type in 2014 with 31.7 percent revenue growth. DRAM supply and demand will be in line in 2015, driving bit pricing down a more traditional 16.8 percent and reducing annual DRAM revenue growth to 7.7 percent."

From an application point of view, smartphones, SSDs and ultramobiles will see the largest dollar increases. In 2015, compute applications will continue to be the largest market for semiconductors, followed by wireless and consumer applications. Combined, these three device categories represent more than two-thirds of total semiconductor revenue and have the most influence on the overall strength of the semiconductor market.

However, in 2015, the industrial electronics segment is expected to outperform overall semiconductor market growth and other electronic application categories with revenue growth of 9.1 percent. The growth will be driven mainly by LED lighting applications for industrial and residential purposes and smart city projects. In addition, the PCB manufacturing will continue to drive very strong unit growth in 2015 and beyond.

Following industrial applications, wireless applications — driven mainly by mobile phones — will be the next biggest growth market for semiconductors in 2015. However, the 2015 revenue growth forecast for wireless applications, and specifically mobile phones, remains the same as the previous quarter's forecast.

"While mobile phone semiconductor sales will remain robust, driven by the accelerating shift to smartphones and 4G Long Term Evolution, there is concern that weak sell-through for other electronic equipment categories will result in higher inventory levels and drag down semiconductor sales in the first quarter of 2015," said Mr. Erensen.

PCB Prototype Assembly Services

The evolution of our world's technology is truly astounding. In the past decades, we've made great leaps and bounds in terms of what our electronic devices are capable of accomplishing, and things are only getting better. Technological engineers and electronics designers are continuously dreaming up new ways to improve existing products, as well as completely original ideas for simplifying everyday life and tasks. But how does this process occur, exactly?

Every bit of technology - from the smallest, consumer electronic gadget to complex healthcare and aerospace units - begins with an idea. From here, plans can be made to develop a working prototype in order to test the capabilities of the device and to determine whether the idea is worth investing in, or how it can be further expounded upon in order to make it more operable, functional, and efficient. Every step in designing and assembling the prototype is essential to enabling the simple dream to become a reality. To give you a better idea of the process, this post will walk you through the life cycle of a prototype.

The Idea Phase
At this point, you or one of your clients may have a thought for how to improve an existing unit or device, or for creating something brand new. Here, you discuss what the PC board should be able to accomplish, what the functions of the device should be, and the sizing requirements for the unit and, therefore, for the board.

The Design Phase
Once you have a good idea but any size constraints for the board and know what it is that you want to be able to do with it, you can begin actually planning and designing the schematics for the PCB development for the prototype. You'll need to consider the necessary components for achieving your objectives, and how these will factor into the layering and thickness of the board, as well as any budgetary concerns.

The Assembly Phase
After the design schematics have been tested out and approved, the board is ready to be assembled for the working prototype. In order to ensure that the PCBA manufacturer will be functional, efficient, and effective, it's important that all settings are properly calibrated (for automated processing), and that the use of the most advanced equipment is utilized so that every component is laid out and connected with the utmost precision, while still maintaining speed.

The Testing Phase
After the board has been assembled, it will need to be subjected to testing. First, you or your contract manufacturer will need to analyze the PCB to ensure that it's actually functioning in accordance with the client's specifications and the design schematics that were previously drawn up. Any inconsistencies or errors will need to be troubleshooted and addressed before the board is presented to the client. From here, the client may want to run their own set of tests, and actually test out the use and functionality of the device as a working whole before making a decision about ordering a larger batch.

The Adjustment Phase
After testing out the initial prototype, you or your client may notice certain areas that could be improved upon, which would make the end product more efficient and effective. After making not of these areas, you may need to go back to the original specs and make some adjustments before mass assembling the final PC boards.

A Never Ending Cycle
Even after a prototype has been approved for mass production and has made its way to the end user, its evolutionary cycle is never actually complete. As technology advances, it will be discovered that the existing device can be improved upon, or even eventually replaced, by something better, but that's what makes the world of technology so exciting! As long as dreamers are coming up with new ideas, we'll be ready to take on the challenge of developing prototypes that may end up changing the world.

PCBA Function Test----Wonderful PCB(hk)Limited

PCB Boards revolutionized electronic devices by drastically reducing the size. They opened new avenues to fix the complex circuits and different components firmly and to cut the size significantly. Various aspects of PCB Boards are examined here.
Electronic devices have a cumbersome structure beneath the appealing surfaces. Most of them are the essential parts of a device. A lot of components made up of different compounds are connected to each other in a haphazard way, at least appears so to a lay man. But the truth is they are planted in such a systemic, organized way that can never be understood but only by the smooth functioning of the device. The key component which held all the electronic circuits together, including chips depending on the type of device, is Printed Circuited Board. actually a flat board with a coated surface, the only way with which all the components and circuits can be held together and firm.
Aluminum pcb constitutes an essential part of almost all electronic devices. The more sophisticated the device, the most important of such a board in it. It mechanically supports the different conductive pathways. These Circuit Boards are generally made up of insulating material. Usually, with the help of acid, etches are made in the board to create electricity pathways. Most of the electronic circuits are manufactured using Printed Circuited Boards. The complex electronic circuits without PCB Boards would have been impossible to make. The circuits are mounted on the board and soldiered. It is this Printed Circuit Board that changed the dynamic of electronic devices, particularly the sizes of devices. The great shrink could be possible only because of the PCB Boards. These enabled to come up with compact and smaller circuits and can be placed on a board steadily. It also helped to fix the resistors and capacitors firmly to the board leaving no chance of different components coming into contact and causing damage.
The Printed Circuit Boards are made-up of glass reinforced plastic with copper tracks as replacement to the regular wire. Components are fixed either by adhesives are drilling into the board so as to remain firm. Circuits and connection can be ensured through locating and soldiering the components. The wire replacement copper tracks link different components and completes a circuit. Circuit Boards are present in a host of electronic devices. All most all the devices found in the home consist of one or the other type of Printed Circuit Boards. Television, Computers; laptop and desktop, music systems phones, Owens and what not everything consists this PCBs, Few devices in a multiple numbers. The examples of few such boards in the computer include mother boards, Audio and Video cards and RAM etc.

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Our pressure revealing film is a unique analytical tool. Provides a quick, easy and accurate in-house procedure for checking for “high” and “low” pressure zones due to press platen misalignments or the design configuration (pads, high density circuitry, ground planes, etc.) of the circuit board itself.

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Prototype PCB Necessity and Benefits(1)----Wonderful PCB (hk) Limited

PCB prototype plays a very important role in the creation and design of PCB (Printed Circuit Boards). The design of the Rigid-flex pcb does not depend on single elements rather depends on variety of elements which needs expertise and testing for several times. And prototype gives you the opportunity to check your product before production. Actually, we can say that the design depends on indistinct set of necessities. This is produced to define the required functions for the electrical and mechanical products. And the prototype helps to fulfill these needs by giving you a chance for proving your design.
The designers include all the required functionalities those can fit in the board. As regarding to the requirements, the board changes its shape. Sometimes it's large with the extensive requirements. And sometimes it's small with fewer requirements. Again many things are needed to make a PCB prototype of production stage. Among them, functionality with reliability is a must. The complexity and functionality determines the required number of layers. Some board consists of only two layers as they have less functionality and some have even more than 32 layers for their complexity and high functionality. And the size also differs a lot. As the board has to sit perfectly into its desired system, it must be made in the perfect shape. The tolerance is also a factor as the layers and copper traces certainly depend on it. Most PCB has a design with a tolerance that makes the layers and copper traces even more critical. As they are designed with highly tight tolerances, they are made highly integrated. And this integrity sometime causes some critical problems. So, it must be checked carefully for the accuracy. The voltage must be moderate with the application and the signals must also be clean. Again, the surface components must meet the required tolerance. And after considering all these respects, the developed first board is called the prototype. These are developed for testing. They are mainly made depending on the number of testing required. After the testing is completed, the production begins with the design.

Component placement

Cloth of PCB board in the process, the system layout is completed, to review PCB figure, look at the layout of the system is reasonable, whether can achieve the optimal effect. Usually can be examined from the following several aspects:
1. The system whether guarantee reasonable wiring or optimal layout, wiring whether can guarantee the reliable and can ensure the reliable of circuit. When the layout of the need of the signal and the direction of the power and ground network have a whole understanding and planning.
2. The PCB size is consistent with the processing drawing size, can meet the requirements of PCB manufacturing process, any behavior. Don’t pay attention to this need, a lot of PCB circuit layout and wiring design beautifully, reasonable, but neglect the precise localization of locating connectors, lead to can't and other circuit docking design.
3. Components in 2 d and 3 d space without conflict. Pay attention to the actual size devices, especially the height of the device. Yuan device, layout of the welding from altitude generally no more than 3 mm.
4. The component layout density and orderly, neat rows, whether all the cloth. When components layout, not only to consider the direction of the signal and the signal types, need to pay attention to the places or protect, also want to consider the overall density of the device layout, density uniformity.
5. Often need to change the components can be easily replaced, whether it's a good card inserted into the device. Often should guarantee the change of components of the replacement and plug is convenient and reliable.
6. Pay special attention to when the layout of the radio frequency part, should avoid to radio frequency interference of other components, so must be isolated.

WonderfuI Printed Circuit Board

   Flying Probe Tester is a test PCBA manufacturer environment system. Instead of using the conventional on-line testing machine all conventional needle bed (bed-of-nails) interface, flying probe test uses four to eight independent control of the probe, is moved to the test element. In the measurement unit (UUT, unit under test) supplied to the testing machine by a belt or other transmission system UUT. Followed by fixing the probe tester to test pad (test pad) and a via hole (via) was tested for in a single element measuring means (UUT) is. Test probe connected via multiplexing (multiplexing) to the drive system (signal generator, power supply, etc.) and sensor (DMM, frequency counter, etc.) to the test element on the UUT. When a component is being tested, and other components on the UUT through the probe electrically shielded to prevent interference readings (Figure 1).
    Flying Probe Tester can check the short circuit, open circuit and component values. On the flying probe test also uses a camera to help locate the missing elements. With a camera to check the direction clear element shapes, such as polar capacitors. With the probe positioning accuracy and repeatability reach 5-15 micron range, flying probe tester can accurately detect UUT.
    Flying Probe Test solve a lot of the current problems in PCB assembly to see, such as the lack of a model in the development of gold (golden standard board). Problems may take up to 4-6 weeks also includes test development cycle; about $ 10,000- $ 50,000 a fixture development costs; not less economically test production; and the inability to quickly test the prototype (prototype) assembly. These cases illustrate, the traditional test-bed tester lack of low cost production system; lack of a quick test prototype assembly cover; and can not test to shield assembly.
    Because the ability to have close contact with the UUT shielding ability and help reach the market faster (time-to-market), the flying probe test is an invaluable resource production. Further, since no test development engineer experienced, the system can be considered as having the added value of savings in equipment and time savings and other benefits of manpower.

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3.Booth: 9J35, HK Global sources Oct.12-15th,2013 Asia World-Expo, Hong Kong
4.Booth: 70206, CES  2014  Jan,8th-11th in Las Vegas, USA

PCB character printer

Printed Circuit boards such as computers, air conditioning can use PCB character printer a few seconds.Yesterday, ChongQing evening news reporter learns from the municipal science and technology commission, the municipal science and technology project development and industrialization of PCB character printer through the acceptance.This is the first time domestic grind successful PCB character printer, breaking the monopoly manufacturers abroad.

"This project through the key techniques of Flexible pcb character printer, PCB digital ink-jet printing."Project to undertake the project unit, micro cloud technology co., LTD. Chief introduction, this project started in February 2012, weighing about 1 ton, about 1 cubic volume.

"Traditional screen printing technology printed circuit board, need more than ten working procedure, takes more than 10 hours. A character printer to print circuit board, need to process only a few seconds."Project chief introduction, this product can also save a large amount of raw materials, reduce the air pollution, to achieve energy conservation and emissions reduction, preliminary realization of PCB green manufacturing.

"The results to fill the domestic blank.Municipal science and technology commission relevant controller introduces, at present use PCB character printer all imported from abroad, each price of more than 400 ten thousand yuan.

"Our research and development of the printer cost greatly reduced, only 60 ~ 800000 yuan/units."Project, the project implementation during the PCB has a character printer sales companies, sales of 2.72 million yuan.Next, the company will research and develop the cloud service PCB character printer, realize remote printing.