How to Identify Gold Finger Circuit Boards

The so-called circuit board gold finger refers to a row of equidistantly arranged square pads, exposed copper and gold-plated. It is mostly used for electrical connection pins for board cards, LCD connections, motherboards, chassis, etc., because the copper foil nickel-plated layer is plated with a thin layer of gold. 　　

• the definition and function of the gold finger core board of the PCB circuit board: Golden Finger: (GoldFinger or EdgeConnector) Insert one end of the PCB circuit board into the connector card slot, and use the connector pin as the outlet of the circuit board to connect to the outside, so that the pad or copper skin is in contact with the pin at the corresponding position. To achieve the purpose of conduction, and plate this pad or copper on the PCB board with nickel and gold, because it is in the shape of a finger, it is called a gold finger. The reason why gold is selected is because of its superior conductivity and oxidation resistance. .But because of the extremely high cost of gold, it is only used for partial gilding such as gold fingers.

• the gold finger classification and identification of the circuit board : 1.) Conventional gold finger (flush finger); 　　 2.) Segmented cheats (intermittent cheats); 　　 3.) Long and short golden fingers (ie uneven golden fingers). 　　

• Gold finger circuit boards of varying lengths:     1.) Conventional gold fingers (flush fingers): rectangular pads with the same length and width are arranged neatly on the edge of the board. The picture below shows: network cards, graphics cards and other types of physical objects, with more gold fingers. Some small boards have fewer gold fingers ； 　　2. )Segmented golden fingers (intermittent golden fingers): rectangular pads with different lengths located on the edge of the board, and the front section is disconnected; 　　 3.) Long and short golden fingers (ie uneven golden fingers): rectangular pads with different lengths located on the edge of the board. Features: No character frame and marking, conventional solder mask opening window. Most of the shapes have grooves. The gold finger partly protrudes from the edge of the board, or is close to the edge of the board. Some boards have gold fingers at both ends. Normal gold fingers are on both sides Yes, some PCB circuit boards only have single-sided gold fingers. Some circuit boards have a wide single gold finger. 　　 Precautions for review of the order, whether it can lead electroplating lead, whether it needs beveled edge, can beveled edge, whether the inner layer of gold finger position is covered with copper, gold finger gold, nickel thickness requirements, gold finger count rules, and gold finger size specifications.

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