PCBA Lab | Your trusted manufacturing partner

1. What is the mean by "Premium"?

The Premium PCB Service can meet more than 95% customer’s requirements, for some guys, especially makers/startups who have experience in hardware developing and electronics projects that need many special requirements, they will need more reliable & advanced PCB services, such as multiple layers more than 4, FPC (for example: FPC With stiffener, Rigid-Flex PCB, Multilayer FPC), Immersion silver(AG) finished, Flash gold/gold finger, Epoxy Via Plug, BGA or pad less than 0.3mm, a width of wire less than 4 mils, drill holes less than 0.3mm, insulated Metal Substrate, HDI, High-frequency Rogers, Castellation Plating, etc... That’s why Pcbalab provides this "Premium PCB Service".

2. What’s the main upgrade compared to the common PCB services?

This “Premium PCB” service is based on “One-by-One Quotation”, so we will be able to meet your personal requirements. Compared to the common PCB service, the main upgrade is:

Support More Kinds Of PCB: FPC/ Rigid-flex PCB is available now at Pcbalab;
More Professional PCB Specifications: PCB Multilayers 1~28;
Blind holes; Copper thickness up to 3oz; Thinner/Thicker PCB thickness 0.2mm~6mm;
More Reliable Quality: Sharper silkscreen; 100% E-test + 100% visual check; More color for PCB(Include Matte Black, Matte green and purple); Minimum PCB track/ Space up to 3 mils;

For FR-4 PCB, please refer to the below detail specs& comparison with common PCB service
	Common PCB Service	Premium PCB Service
Multi Layers	1-2-4 Layers	1-28 Layers
PCB Material	FR-4	FR-4
Available Color	Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Black, White	Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Black, White,Purple
Silk Screen	Readable	Sharp
Quality Check	100% E-test	100% E-test + 100% visual check
Maximum Size	Min size:22cm, Max size:3535cm	Min size: 2*2cm
PCB Order Qty	Min qty: 5pcs	Min qty: 1pcs
Board Thickness	0.8mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm, 1.6mm	0.2 - 6.0mm
Copper Thickness	0.5oz - 17um(inner copper) 1oz - 35um(Out layer copper)	1oz, 2oz, 3oz
Minimum PCB track/space	6mil(Recommend >8mil)	3mil
Blind Hole	No support	Min dia: 0.1mm
Drilling Hole Mechanical	0.3mm-6.35mm	Min dia: 0.2mm
Surface Finish	HASL, HASL(Lead-Free), ENIG	HASL, HASL(Lead-Free), ENIG

For FPC& Rigid-Flex PCB, please refer to the below detail specification

Layers

1-6 Layers

Material

Polymide, PEEK, FR-4

Board Dimension(max)

250mm*250mm

Copper thickness

1/3oz, 1/2oz, 1oz

Finished Board Thickness

0.1mm-0.3mm

Min hold diameter

0.2mm(CNC)(8mil)

Hole wall copper thickness

10-35um

Hole diameter tolerance

±0.075mm

Min hold to hole space

0.5mm

Min trace width and space

1/3oz

1/2oz

1oz

2oz

2.0mil/2.0mil

2.5mil/2.5mil

3.0mil/3.0mil

4.0mil/4.0mil

Trace tolerance

±20%

Min Annumlar ring

0.2mm

Min center distance in contiguous finger

0.1mm

Solder resistance clearance/coverage

0.15mm/0.1mm

Solder resistance thickness

10um

Silkscreen text height

0.8mm

Silkscreen line width

0.15mm

Basic material(PI) thickness

0.025mm-0.125mm

Selective finis

ENIG	Ni:1-6um Gold: 0.03-0.10um
OSP	OSP film:0.2-0.7um

Profiling

Punching Routing V-cut

Tolerance:±0.13mm

Reinforce Material

PI FP-4 Steel 3M adhesive PET

Design space

Min hole to hole

Min copper to outline

Min silkscreen to solder mask opening

0.50mm

0.20mm

3. How to begin my “Premium PCB” Service at Pcbalab?

Download the Premium PCB Specifications and input your PCB demands, if you do not know how to selector for some of the parameters, just leave it as it is.
Sent this file and your Gerber files to service@pcbalab.com. For the Gerber files, pls send PCB Gerber files(RS-274X).
Pcbalab will quote it for you in 1~3 working days. If you think the quotation is OK, after your payment, we will make your PCB into production. The fabrication time will be 3~12 days (excluding the Chinese festival).