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…
Rogers RO4350B PCB Design Guide — Impedance, Trace Width and When to Upgrade to PTFE Rogers RO4350B is the most widely used RF PCB substrate in the world — a hydrocarbon ceramic laminate with Dk 3.48 and Df 0.0037, processing…
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…
PCB Material Shortage 2026: Why Factories Are Closing Despite Full Order Books Something unusual is happening in the PCB industry in 2026. Small and mid-size factories — factories with full order books and paying customers waiting — are shutting down…
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…
Aluminum PCB Thermal Design Guide — Selecting the Right Conductivity Grade The most common aluminum PCB design error is specifying the wrong thermal conductivity grade — either choosing a standard 1.0 W/m·K board for a high-power application that needs 2.0–3.0…
