The Technology of Embedded Components for PCB

Written by: Vitaly Bensman, Senior Process Engineer at Eltek

Today, the generic single board computer is generally composed of 5% integrated circuits, 4% connectors, 40% capacitors, 33% resistors and 18% miscellaneous parts. Clearly resistors and capacitors are the majority of components on any generic PCB. The target is to reduce the number of SMT resistors from 33% of the total components to 10% or less, increase the yield, while allowing designers better signals and more surface real estate.