General Specification for 1/8 Inch Diameter Shank Carbide Drills for Printed Boards

Establishes definitions for terms and requirements for solid carbide twist drills with four-faceted drill points used in the fabrication of printed boards. 19 pages. Revised April 1994.

Drilling Guidelines for Printed Boards

Provides guidelines for drilling quality holes in a wide range of printed board materials. 11 pages. Released April 1988.

Printed Board Dimensions and Tolerances

This standard covers dimensioning and tolerancing requirements for rigid and flexible, single-sided, double-sided and multilayered printed boards based on industry capabilities. 25 pages. Revised January 1984.

Printed Board Fabrication Clip Art Graphics

This CD-ROM contains 100 electronic images of computer graphics created for IPC training videos, suitable for use on PC and Macintosh systems. Full color TIFF files at 640 x 480 resolution provide high quality illustrations of single-sided, double-sided and multilayer fabrication sequences (SMOBC, pattern plate and print and etch processes). Additional illustrations include typical board defects and causes. These images can be used for internal educational purposes, including technical documents and presentations, multimedia programs, workmanship standards, etc. They may not be resold individually or incorporated into any products for resale.

Computer Numerical Control Formatting for Drillers and Routers

Defines a machine readable input format for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) drilling routing machine tools related to the printed wiring board industry.

The format may be used directly to transfer drilling and routing information between printed board designers, manufacturers and uses or as the output CNC standard from converts that expand higher level design input such as IPC-D-350 data.

Provides a common command structure that can assist in the board manufacturing process and is not intended to provided for every possible software enhancement. 6 pages. Released August 1985.

Guidelines for Molded Interconnection Devices

Addresses general information on candidate materials, molding processes, fabrication processes and test methods for using molded interconnection devices. 29 pages. Released October 1990.

General specification for Rigid Printed Board Backplanes with Press-Fit Contacts

This specification covers the design, fabrication and end product requirements for rigid printed board backplane assemblies with press-fit contacts. 31 pages. Reaffirmed April 1990.

Technology Assessment Handbook on Multilayer Boards

This handbook, over 800 pages long, contains more than 79 of the best articles published on multilayer technology. These outstanding articles, which come from a variety of source, cover a range of multilayer topics, including performance, design, materials, processing, oxides, lamination, hole preparation and evaluations. Released 1988.