Since 1989, Advanced Circuits has had tremendous growth and celebrates 30 years of leadership in the ever-changing electronics manufacturing industry with innovative circuit board fabrication services, capabilities, and support.  In this post, you will learn how Advanced Circuits’ unique circuit board fabrication offerings can help you simplify your next project by taking advantage of our unique services.

Quickturn Circuit Board Prototypes

Advanced Circuits’ expedited turntime options include Same Day and Weekend Turns. When you get an online quote from us, you can compare the turntime and cost side by side.  Our Same Day Turn option is available for 2 layer circuit boards with a cut-off time of 8:15am MST. Our Weekend Turns option is available for 2 layer and Multilayer boards with a noon cut-off time for multilayer circuit boards (MST) and 3pm MST for 2 layer circuit board orders on Fridays to be shipped out to you by Saturday evening. These quickturn PCB fabrication options are great to meet fast approaching deadlines and unexpected PCB emergencies.

Clear Circuit Board Parameters for Quoting

Advanced Circuits makes the quoting parameters easy to understand to help you in the circuit board design process. We created two ways to quote your circuit boards: Standard Spec or Custom Spec. Knowing the parameters for the two options makes it easy for engineers to save on their circuit board fabrication costs. Both Standard and Custom Spec options are manufactured using the same state-of-the-art equipment and all customer files receive a detailed review by our experienced CAM engineers prior to production. Below, you can see a side-by-side comparison of both options and the circuit board capabilities and features allowed under each of the two options.  For more information and for a complete list of specifications, click here or on the image below.  Click here for an Instant Quote to compare costs side by side.

Circuit Board Capabilities for Demanding Requirements

Advanced Circuits offers cutting-edge circuit board fabrication capabilities for the most demanding requirements in all industries, including Medical, Military, and Aerospace.  We are MIL-PRF-31032/55110, AS9100D, ISO 9001 Certified, IPC 6012 3/3A, IPC 6018 Class 3 Qualified, and ITAR Registered as well as being DOD contracts ready.  Our capabilities include: laser-drilled microvias, cavity boards, heavy copper up to 20 oz., via-in-pad, microwave & RF boards, up to 40 layers and others.

For a complete list of Advanced Circuits’ expanded capabilities in a downloadable PDF format, click here or contact your Advanced Circuits Representative for more information.

Due to the fast-paced technological advancements of today’s world, many PC boards are designed with a very compact layout and require higher functionality and performance standards.  In order to achieve optimum PC broad performance and quality, a careful review of the circuit board design must be done to ensure it meets the minimum manufacturing requirements as well as verifying that the manufacturer has the precision capabilities, industry certifications, and qualifications required.

PC Board Quality Starts with its Design

Our PC board Tolerance Guidelines are accessible online and make it easy for design engineers to adhere to the required tolerances and specifications for a smooth PCB ordering and fabrication process.  Every PC board design submitted to Advanced Circuits receives a detailed review by our CAM engineers prior to production to ensure all minimum design requirements are met.

We also provide free tools to ensure your PC board design is ready for manufacturing and meets the requirements to produce quality boards.  Simply upload your circuit board design’s Gerber files to our FreeDFM online tool to perform an automated review prior to placing your order.  Within minutes, you will receive a graphical report that includes any possible manufacturability issues found in your PC board design that will cause a production hold.  The FreeDFM report will also highlight any design elements that do not meet our manufacturing and tolerance requirements but will be Automatically Fixed by our CAM engineers before production.

PC Board Fabrication Capabilities

Advanced Circuits offers expanded capabilities and certifications to meet rigorous design requirements.  Our PC board fabrication capabilities include:

• Stacked Microvias
• Blind & Buried Vias
• Laser Drilled Microvias
• Up to 40 layers
• Laser Direct Imaging (LDI)
• .00275″ Trace/Space
• Down to .3mm Pitch
• Air Pockets Between Layers
• Heavy Copper (up to 20 oz.)
• Via-in-Pad
• Multilayer RF Designs (up to 8 layers)
• Cavity Boards
• Oversized Boards (up to 37″ x 120″)

Click here to download our full list of PC board fabrication capabilities [PDF].

For more information about our printed circuit board manufacturing capabilities, ordering process and services, please contact your Sales Representative or call us at 1-800-979-4722.

Benefits of Advanced Circuits’ PCB Board & In-House Assembly Services

Our quickturn, small quantity assembly service was created to offer our customers a better PCB prototyping process that eliminates shipping delays and communication issues from one vendor to the next.  Since Advanced Circuits controls the entire process from beginning to end, you can be sure that your bare PC boards start the assembly process as soon as the fabrication process is completed.

Here are just a few reasons to choose Advanced Circuits’ in-house PCB assembly services for your next turnkey prototypes:

• PCB + Assembly As Fast As One Day
• Superior Quality Assurance
• One Seamless Process
• Easy Parts Procurement
• Single Vendor
• No Set-Up Fees & No Stencil Charges
• Industry’s Best On-Time Shipping Record
• 24 Hour Tech Support

Advanced Circuits’ PC Board Assembly Capabilities

Advanced Circuits maintains a reputation for high quality, reliability, and a hands-on approach to customer service.  This is what you can expect from our assembly services along with industry leading certifications and capabilities.

Assembly Turn Times

• Same day through four week turns
• Scheduled deliveries

Technology

• Surface mount (SMT)
• Thru-hole
• Mixed technology (SMT/Thru-hole)
• Single or double sided placement

 Stencils

• Laser cut stainless steel
• Nano-coating available

Passive Components

• As small as 0402 package
• As small as 0201 with design review

Ball Grid Arrays (BGA)

• As small as .35mm pitch
• All BGA placements are x-ray inspected

Fine Pitch Components

• As small as 15 mil pitch

Volume

• No minimum order quantity
• Engineering prototypes
• Low cost first article builds

To learn more about our PC board fabrication and quickturn assembly services, click here to connect with your regional sales representative.