The Guide to PCBA Development for Semiconductor Applications

The semiconductor industry is undergoing unprecedented growth with accelerating demand from automobiles, robotics, consumer electronics, and many other industries. At the same time, this demand has outstripped the capacity of the semiconductor supply chain, putting electronics production schedules at risk. Managing PCBA development within this complex environment requires tight coupling between design, manufacturing, and test. While PCBAs appear in many parts of the semiconductor development process, two of the main places they are used is for first silicon bring-up boards and evaluation and development boards.