Electronics Manufacturing Solutions (EMS)
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PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY (PCBA)

CTS has a broad experience in PCBA – supplying a wide range of customers from facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Our manufacturing expertise is in high-mix, medium volume and high complexity electronics assembly and systems manufacturing.

SERVICES

• Design, simulation and layout of printed circuit and backplane assemblies
• Design-for-manufacture (DFM) / Design-for-test (DFT) analysis
• Process failure mode effect analysis (PFMEA) & standard FMEA
• Volume & prototype assembly in North America, Asia & Europe
• NPI teams and dedicated lines for most efficient route to market
• Dedicated prototype environment for flexibility and control
• In-house X-ray and optical inspection
• Specialised industry specifications: IPC Class 3, conformal coating

SURFACE MOUNT PLACEMENT

• 37 SMT Lines within CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions Group worldwide – further capacity available in Asia and the Americas.
• High-speed lines run up to 40,000 components per hour (cph)
• 0201 to 55mm² packages
• Plastic / Ceramic BGA / Micro BGA / Flip Chip / Chip Scale Packages
• Ultra-fine 0.3mm pitch capability
• Odd forms to 165mm long

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

• GLOBAL DESIGN, LAYOUT & MANUFACTURE OF PCBAS & BACKPLANES
• CUSTOM DESIGN OR BUILD-TO-PRINT FOR SMT, THRU-HOLE & PRESS-FIT ASSEMBLIES
• FROM 1” (2.5CM) TO COMPLEX 60” (150CM) BOARD ASSEMBLY OPTIONS
• FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING OPTIONS – BATCH RUNS TO HIGH VOLUME WORLDWIDE
• QUICK TURN PROTOTYPING ABILITY
• CUSTOMER FOCUSED PROTOTYPE TEAMS RUN PRE- & POST PROTOTYPE ANALYSIS

TECHNOLOGIES

Materials:

• FR4
• HiTgFR4
• Nelco 4000 (full range)
• Getek
• Megtron
• Rogers (including FR4 hybrids)
• FR406 & FR408 high performance epoxy laminate
• Polymide / Flex
• ‘Halogen free’ materials & solder masks

Board Geometry:

1. 2cm - <1.5m length (1” to 60”)
2. <9.5mm (<0.375”)
3. <56 Layers

Finishes:

• HASL
• Immersion Tin
• Electroless Gold
• Electroless Silver
• OSP
• White Sun

Standard Clean / No Clean Materials

Conductive Materials

In-House Conformal Coating

Buried & Blind Vias

Controlled Impedance +/-7.5%