PCB News - What is PCBA? What is the difference between PCBA and PCB?

I believe that many people are not unfamiliar with the electronic industry-related terms such as PCB circuit board and SMT chip processing. These are often heard in daily life, but many people do not know much about PCBA and often confuse it with PCB. So what is PCBA? What is the difference between PCBA and PCB? Let's learn about it with Chang Keshun engineers.
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Introduction to PCBA:
What we know is: PCBA is the whole process of PCB empty board after SMT loading, and then DIP plug-in, referred to as PCBA, also known as PCBA processing. The English spelling is Printed Circuit Board +Assembly.

The difference between PCBA and PCB:
From the above introduction, we can know that PCBA generally refers to a processing process, which can also be understood as a finished circuit board, which means that PCBA can only be counted after the processes on the PCB board are completed. The PCB refers to an empty printed circuit board with no parts on it.

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With the high-speed, high-performance, and ultra-miniaturization of electronic machines, packaging technology has achieved rapid development. Chip size packages CSP and BGA packages are developing towards multiple lead terminals and narrow lead pitch, and bare chip (Bare Chip) packages have also been put into practical use. Due to the advancement of these packaging technologies, new requirements are also put forward for the printed circuit board PCB (adapted to high-density packaging and high-speed requirements).

In the past, electronic product manufacturers had to complete the production of a complete circuit board, usually after purchasing the PCB first, and then contacting the chip manufacturer for processing, the process was very troublesome and costly. Nowadays, many manufacturers are willing to choose PCB manufacturer to process patches at the same time as PCBs, or let patch manufacturers replace PCBs. Both methods save a lot of trouble and speed up production efficiency. PCBA manufacturers can realize these two fast and effective processing methods.

PCB procurement and patch processing are two different production methods. Many electronic manufacturers only specialize in one of them. This requires electronic product manufacturers to comprehensively consider the strength of the manufacturer when choosing a PCBA processing manufacturer, and choose rich experience and outstanding performance. Manufacturers who have completed the entire processing process.