EW PCB Wideband Design Guide — Material Selection, Stub Length and Loss Budget Across 2–18GHz Electronic warfare PCB design presents a constraint that most RF designs don’t face: the same board must perform consistently across a very wide instantaneous bandwidth…
LEO Satellite PCB Design Guide — Ka-Band Materials and Thermal Cycling Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite terminals and small satellite payloads present a PCB design environment unlike any terrestrial RF application: extreme thermal cycling, vacuum-compatible material requirements, mechanical robustness for…
Rogers PCB Alternative — Why High-Volume PCB Factories Struggle With PTFE Orders If you’ve used a high-volume PCB prototyping platform for standard FR4 boards and are now looking to source Rogers or PTFE material for an RF design, you may…
PCB Lead Time in 2026: What’s Actually Taking So Long and How to Plan Around It If your PCB lead time quote in 2026 is longer than expected — or if a board that used to take 2 weeks now…
Last updated: October 2026. We re-verify this article every quarter against our own purchasing data. Q4 2026 status: high-frequency laminate supply remains tight, and the August 2026 Rogers price surcharge (see the surcharge notice) has raised procurement costs across the…
PCB Material Price Increase 2026: 6 Rounds of Hikes, Root Causes and What to Do Now PCB material prices rose through six consecutive rounds of hikes between December 2025 and April 2026 — the most sustained price escalation the industry…
