Turn key PCB Assembly design issues

A CAM hold is a delay in engineering caused by issues in the PCB files submitted for the job. The most common reason for CAM hold is DRC errors in the PCB file. DRC stands for Design Rule Check. A PCB must pass a set of rules in order for it to be manufacturable, such as copper-to-copper spacing, and minimum via hole diameter. The manufacturer provides these design rules to the designer, and the designer uses his/her PCB software to run a DRC on the PCB layout. Any violation of the design rules constitutes a DRC error.

You can help to ensure that your PCBs gets manufactured without being put on hold. Please review these common reason for on-holds.

1. PCB Board basic specification.

A part number (including revision number) for your design to ease tracking
Board thickness (.062 inches, .032 inches, .093 inches). .062 inches is standard
Type of board material (FR4, high-temp FR4, Rogers, Teflon, etc). FR4 is standard
Number of layers
Surface finish (SMOBC, HAL, immersion gold, etc). SMOBC and HAL are standard
The color for solder mask and component overlay. Green is standard
Copper weight on outer layer (1 oz., 2 oz., etc). 1 oz. is standard
Copper weight on inner layers (.5 oz., 1 oz.). Either is standard
The minimum trace and space widths in your design
Indicate your board dimensions on a mechanical layer
Do you want your boards to remain panelized, or supplied individually cut?
Gerber files, drill files, IPC-356A (optional) , X-Y data, Bill of Materials (BOM) in Excel format (for both consigned and turnkey orders)

2. No hole attribute

Drill chart does not specify holes attribute(plated or non plated holes).

3. No drill-chart detail

The drawing does not show or specify drill symbols.

4. NPTH with copper pad

The unplated holes were provided with pads larger than the drilled hole.

5. PTH without copper

Drawing defined some holes are plated through holes, but some of them were without copper pad on all layers.

6. Without tooling holes

This board hasn’t bigger non-plated holes. So it can’t support the board during Fabrication and Test processes at Hemeixinpcb PCB Production.

7. Slot size of length<2x width

Per Hemeixinpcb current capability, We need fabricate 0.055″x0.035″ plated slot by rout process, but the tolerance of +/-0.003″ can not be guaranteed.

8. Backdrill hole too small

It is too small that we can’t ensure backdrill hole full drill through PTH hole due to there was true positional deviation between backdrill hole and PTH hole.

9. Board thickness mismatch

The specified stackup total thickness does not match finished pcb board thickness.

10. Missing impedance traces

The xxx impedance traces listed on the drawing are not present in the design.

11. Copper extends or pads to the rout profile

Copper extends to the rout profile and will result in exposed copper and burrs.

12. V-cut to Copper

Copper to board edge clearances to the short and long v-score lines are only .001 on inner and the outer layers. The v-score will exposed and have copper burring. Hemeixinpcb requests approval to clip back the copper from the score lines by 15 mils.

13. Pad to pad distance <7 mils

Pad to pad distance of less than 7 mils is not enough to build solder mask dams in between pads and at the same time ensure there will be no solder mask on pads.

14. Rogers materials’ solder mask opening.

Due to the ceramic nature type of Rogers material’s, Hemeixinpcb can not run solder mask up to the edges of any routed or scored edge’s with-out chipping the mask during it’s fabrication process. Relieve solder mask 8 mils away from routed or scored edge’s to prevent solder mask chipping.

15. Mirrored texts

Some texts in xxx side are mirrored.

16. Silkscreen outside the board

There are silkscreen Characters outside the board profile.

17. Hard gold fingers’ gold thickness

No specified plating gold thickness for hard gold contacts.

18. Netlist mismatch

Provided netlist file does not match Gerber generated netlist.

19. Package mismatch

Provided components of Part number does not match your description.

20. Resistor or Capacitors value mismatch

Provided Resistor or Capacitor of Part number xxxx does not match your description value.

21. Component is not widely available

Component of xxx is not widely available，It is difficult to purchase. Please provide your alternative part number of components or provide these component from your side.

22. PCB Assembly drawing does not mark polarity information on all polarized parts (cathode, anode, pin number and what the dot or plus sign indicate)

The pcb Assembly Drawing does not specify the Reference Designator Polarity (cathode, anode, pin number and what the dot or plus sign indicate) of XXX.

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