There are several vital pieces of information that need to be provided to ATC to give your Printed Circuit Boards the quickest turn around with the highest quality. This information will assure that you will receive your latest board revision with all the correct components placed as designed.

Definitions
Bill of Material: This is a list of Part Numbers, Part Description, Reference Locations, and Component Package Sizes that go into your PC Board Assembly.

CAD Data: This is the electronic file that was used to design your Circuit Board. (Note: It takes 4 – 5 times as long to program a Pick and Place without this data)

Gerber Data: This is the electronic data the PC Board manufacturer uses to construct the PC board. It contains a list of all the layers, and Aperture list and a Drill Rack.

Documentation CAD Data Formats (recommended) – Cadence Allegro ASCII File DIF CAD File Gencad File Incases TL CAD File (Theta) IPC-D-356 File Mentor Graphics Neutral File OrCAD Gencad File PADS PowerPCB/ASC Pantheon PDB Design File P-CAD PDIF Design File Protel ’98 ASCII PCB File SCI-Cards Neutral File Tango DOS PCB File UniCAM Project Valor ODB++ CAD Project Zuken CADIF File (Cadstar & Visula)

Gerber Requirements
Must be in RS-274X or RS274D Format

Bill of Materials – can be provided in Text or Excel format.

BOM listing which includes Reference Locations and component sizes is strongly recommended.

If Analog Technologies is procuring the parts (turnkey) an Approved Vendor List is also necessary. The AVL can be combined with the original BOM.

Providing the Data: The data can be provided by either disk, e-mail, or uploaded to our FTP site. See our Contact Us page for FTP information.

Analog Technologies Corporation will use the most appropriate manufacturing methods for both Prototype and Production volume assignments which will produce the highest quality part at the lowest possible cost.

Non-Recurring Engineering Charges
In order to process your printed circuit boards there are a number of one time NRE charges which are incurred that will appear on your quote. These charges are a “not to exceed” figure. Your actual charges will be based on our costs. Common charges include, but art not limited to, the following.

SMT Stencil Charges – this is the stencil used to apply solder to your PWB. Large, two sided boards may need a stencil for each side, top and bottom.

Vendor Tooling – most common is the tooling and test fixtures associated with circuit board production.

Process Setup – programming, profiling and first time production parameters for assemblies.

Assembly Tools – tools requited to produce the PC boards and/or your assembly.

Test Engineering – programming and setup of required testing for the PC boards and/or assembly.

Details of NRE charges will be provided upon request.