Microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture (microfabrication) of very small electronic designs and components. Generally this means micrometer-scale or smaller. Microelectronic devices are typically made from semiconductor materials although polymers, metals are also used. Many components we use in standard macroscopic electronic design are available in thee microelectronic equivalent, such as transistors, capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes and insulators and conductors. Unique wiring techniques such as wire bonding are also often used in microelectronics manufacturing because of the unusually small size of the components, leads and pads. Microelectronics manufacturing requires specialized capital equipment and is very expensive. As techniques improve with time, the scale of microelectronic components continues to decrease. At smaller scales, the relative impact of intrinsic circuit properties like interconnections become more and more significant, being referred to as the parasitic effects. Microelectronics design engineers find ways to compensate for or minimize these effects, while delivering smaller, faster, and more economical devices.

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In microelectronics design, development and engineering we deploy Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software. From circuit design, materials and process development to expert witness services and root cause failure analysis investigations, we provide consulting and engineering services to assemble hybrids, multichip modules, microwave hybrids, RF & MMIC modules, MEMS, optoelectronics, sensors, medical implants and other types of packaged microcircuit devices. AGS-Engineering is capable to design and develop low-power analogue, digital, mixed-signal and RF semiconductors for global telecommunications systems and other applications. Our services include design assistance, advice and first class technical support. Our approach enables us to produce the optimum solution to a given design requirement. The outcome is a microelectronics product offering that embraces a number of key technologies and delivers the result cost-effectively with fast time to market, ultimate flexibility and low risk. Our microelectronics engineers designed a series of communication ICs, including Walkie Talkie, wireless communication, Internet of Things products; microcontrollers for serial-ATA and Parallel-ATA Solid State Disks (SSD), Disk-on-Module (DoM), Disk-on-Board (DoB), embedded Flash solutions such as eMMC, Flash cards including CF, SD & microSD. USB controllers.

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PCB & PCBA DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

A printed circuit board, or briefly denoted as PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks, or traces, etched commonly from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. A PCB populated with electronic components is a printed circuit assembly (PCA), also known as a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The term PCB is often used informally for both bare and assembled boards. PCBs are sometimes single sided (meaning they have one conductive layer), sometimes double sided (meaning they have two conductive layers) and sometimes they come as multi-layer structures (with outer and inner layers of conductive paths). To be more explicit, in these multi-layer printed circuit boards, multiple layers of material are laminated together. PCBs are inexpensive, and can be highly reliable. They require much more layout effort and higher initial cost than either wire-wrapped or point-to-point constructed circuits, but are much cheaper and faster for high-volume production. Much of the electronics industry's PCB design, assembly, and quality control needs are set by standards that are published by the IPC organization.

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We have engineers specialized in PCB & PCBA design & development and testing. If you have a project you would like us to evaluate, contact us. We will take into consideration available space in your electronic system and use the most suitable EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools available to create the schematic capture. Our experienced designers will place the components and heat sinks in the most suitable locations on your PCB. We can either create board from schematic and then create the GERBER FILES for you or we can use your Gerber files to manufacture the PCB boards and verify their operation. We are flexible, so depending on what you have available and what you need done by us, we will do it accordingly. As some manufacturers require it, we create the Excellon file format too for specifying drill holes. Some of the EDA tools we use are:

• EAGLE PCB design software

• KiCad

• Protel

 

AGS-Engineering has the tools and knowledge to design your PCB no matter how large or small.

We use the industry’s top tier design tools and are driven to be the best.

• HDI Designs with micro vias and advanced materials - Via-in-Pad, laser micro vias.

• High speed, multi layer digital PCB designs - Bus routing, differential pairs, matched lengths.

• PCB Designs for space, military, medical and commercial applications

• Extensive RF and analog design experience (printed antennas, guard rings , RF shields...)

• Signal integrity issues to meet your digital design needs (tuned traces, diff pairs...)

• PCB Layer management for signal integrity and impedance control

• DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, SAS and differential pair routing expertise

• High density SMT designs (BGA, uBGA, PCI, PCIE, CPCI...)

• Flex PCB designs of all types

• Low level analog PCB designs for metering

• Ultra low EMI designs for MRI applications

• Complete assembly drawings

• In-Circuit Test data generation (ICT)

• Drill, panel and cutout drawings designed

• Professional fabrication documents created

• Autorouting for dense PCB designs

 

Other examples of PCB & PCA related services we offer are

• ODB++ Valor review for a complete DFT / DFT design verification.

• Full DFM review for manufacturing

• Full DFT review for testing

• Part database management

• Component replacement and substitution

• Signal integrity analysis

 

If you are not yet at the PCB & PCBA design phase, but need the schematics of the electronic circuits, we are here to help you. See our other menus such as analog and digital design to learn more about what we can do for you. So, if you need the schematics first, we can prepare them and then transfer your schematic diagram into a drawing of your printed circuit board and subsequently create the Gerber files.

 

AGS-Engineering’s worldwide design and channel partner network provides a channel between our authorized design partners and our customers in need of technical expertise and cost-effective solutions in a timely manner. Click the following link to download our DESIGN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM brochure. 

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If you would like to explore our manufacturing capabilities along with our engineering capabilities, we recommend you to visit our custom manufacturing site http://www.agstech.net where you will also find details of our PCB & PCBA prototyping and manufacturing capabilities.