Developing a PCB Board In PADS Layout（发展中一个PCB板垫布局）.pdf

Developing a PCB Board In PADS Layout Micajah Worden 11-15-10 Executive Summary Pads is a powerful tool to develop PCBs. This document will provide a look into some of the basic functions of this software, which will allow you to develop your own designs and have them fabricated. Key Words: Layer, Via, Net, PCB, Gerber, Netlist Introduction: Printed circuit boards, or PCBs, are used in a wide variety of applications. From cell phones to microwave ovens, virtually every electrical device utilizes PCBs to expedite the development of their projects with minimal human assembly of the final product. PCBs allow a large amount of circuitry to be placed in a small area, with many different options for the number of layers on the board and thus how densely you can populate the board. They are milled, machined, and assembled by machines and can be produced in great quantities. Though the initial cost of development is high, with a large quantity for production, the cost per unit goes down as well as the likelihood of error inherent in human assembly. For this reason it is a valuable skill to be able to design your own boards. While at first tricky, with the help of this document, the help files included in the PADS Logic software package, and a little practice you will be able to develop your design, export Gerber files, and have a company fabricate your board for production. Objective: At the completion of this document, the user should have the basic tools to utilize this software to develop a two layer PCB board, as well as check the project for errors, and export the necessary files to have the board fabricated. It is assumed that the user has a schematic developed for their project, and a basic understanding of elec