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Advanced Circuits provides you below with the required in-house tolerance guidelines to ensure quality
manufacturing of your printed circuit boards. Adhering to these tolerances will allow for proper connection center ()
manufacturing of your PCBs. Within these parameters, there is enough variation to allow us to manufacture
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Minimum of 0.010" (outer layers) and 0.015" for inner layers (0.020" preferred for inner layers). For scoring, Student Program
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Pad size should be at least + 0.010" over finished hole size for vias and + 0.014" over finished hole size for (AC-brochure-Sept2013-
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+/- 0.005" Standard Spec (applies to holes up to .250", larger holes will be routed, see Rout tolerances
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+/- 0.005" Custom Spec
+/- 0.003" Custom Spec upon request 1 oz and 2 oz finished copper weight and 3 oz finished copper weight
(when starting with 2 oz foil) only.

If your hole tolerances are zero (see below), then Advanced Circuits will assume that you are OK with our
default hole tolerance. Our default hole tolerance is listed above.

Example: Customer Drill Chart with Zero Hole Tolerance

Our minimum finished hole size; 0.004". Call your salesperson if you required a finishedhole size less than
0.004".

Printed Circuit Board Thickness:

Thickness tolerances may vary 10% (min.+/- 0.005")

Minimum Board Thickness

Thickness Default File Review Req.
2-Layer .020" .010"
4-Layer .020" .015"
6-Layer .031" .025"
8-Layer .047" .031"
10-Layer .062" .040"

PCB Inner Layer Thickness

Tolerances do not apply to the inner layers of prototypes.

Rout (Board Outline and Internal Cutouts)

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The Outer Layer Tolerances on Standard Spec defined boards is +/- 0.010"
(+/- 0.005" available for Custom Spec upon request)

Note: We rout to your board size using the center of the board outline on your mask layer.

Copper Trace Width/Spacing

Copper spacing is the minimum air gap between any two adjacent copper features. Trace width is the
minimum width of a copper feature, usually traces.

Requirements: A premium is charged for trace width/spacing less than .007".

(We can process .004" for 1 oz. CU. finished (outer layers) and .5 oz. CU finished (inner layers).

For 1 oz. finished copper weight (inner layers), the minimum trace width/space is 0.005"
For 2 oz. finished copper weight (inner & outer), the minimum trace width/space is 0.006"
For 3 oz. finished copper weight (inner & outer), the minimum trace width/space is 0.010"
For 4 oz. finished copper weight (inner & outer), the minimum trace width/space is 0.012"

Note: Advanced Circuits does not offer weights such as 1.5 or 2.5 ounce finished on standard and custom
spec orders.

Trace Width/Air Gap

The greater of +/- 20% or +/- 0.002"

Soldermask Swell

This is the expansion of mask relief over pad area. Our minimum is 0.005" over pad dimension or 0.0025"
each side. Advanced Circuits will modify files to meet the minimum dimension.

Slot Width

Minimum 0.031" in width. For smaller width, call your salesperson for pricing and turntime.

Tab Rout Spacing

Please allow 0.100" spacing between your individual pcbs for tab rout spacing. When scoring there should
be no spacing between boards.

Silkscreen (Legend)

0.005" minimum line width.

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