What you Need to Know About PCB Switch
PCB switches can be used to control power supplies and switching circuits, which is why they are commonly found in devices like computers, cell phones, televisions and more.
At PCBTok, we’re excited to help you find the perfect PCB switch for your project. Our team of experienced designers will work with you to make sure that your design is exactly what you want, and our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will bring it to life.
PCBTok | Specialized Supplier of PCB Switch
PCBTok is a specialized supplier of PCB switch. We offer high quality products at competitive prices with professional services. Our main goal is to provide our customers with high quality and reliable PCB switches.
PCBTok has been in this field for many years, and we are proud of the fact that we have been able to establish a good reputation for ourselves over time. We offer you a variety of different types of switches including slide, rocker, pushbutton and toggle switches.
PCBTok want to make sure that our customers get the best possible experience when shopping with us which is why we make sure that our customer service team is always available during office hours if you have any questions or concerns about any part of your order process so feel free to contact us any time!
PCB Switch By Types
A type of switch that uses a slider to make and break an electrical connection. They are usually used on printed circuit boards
They allow users to know when they have pressed the switch and they provide a tactile response when the button is pressed.
This device is like a rotary switch, except the outputs are binary encoded to reduce the number of terminations required.
A switch to an electrical circuit that have a lever that can be pushed up and down or left and right to change the state of the circuit.
Used in a wide variety of applications from home appliances to industrial equipment as well as medical devices and control systems.
MEC switches have an advantage over other types of switches because they can handle higher voltages and currents.
What are PCB Switch Importance in Devices?
In order to understand the importance of PCB switches, it is necessary to understand a little bit about the concept of switch theory. The idea behind switch theory is that a switch can be turned on or off in order to control the flow of current through a circuit. In electronics, switches are used for turning on and off both AC and DC circuits.
The most common types of switches used in electronics are mechanical, electromechanical and solid state. Mechanical switches are made up of moving parts and can be either single pole or double pole. They are used in devices such as doorbells and light dimmers.
Electromechanical switches use magnetic force to turn on or off an electrical signal. Solid state switches have no moving parts and are made up of semiconductors such as silicon-based transistors which allow them to be smaller than other types of switches while still being able to handle high voltages with ease.

What are PCB Switch Applications and Benefits?
PCB switches are a key component of any circuit board. They are used to control the flow of current in a circuit and are typically connected to other components on a PCB, such as transistors and resistors. Switching is an essential part of any device that requires energy to operate.
PCB switches come in many different types, but they all perform essentially the same function: controlling power and allowing it to flow through a circuit when needed. Switches come in many different forms, but they all have the same function; to make or break an electrical connection. This is usually done by moving a lever or sliding a metal blade between two contacts that are connected by wires.
How does a PCB Switch Work?
A PCB switch is a device that allows you to control the flow of electricity through your home. It does this by turning on or off the flow of power at different points in your home’s circuitry, allowing you to isolate specific functions or areas of a house.
The basic function of a PCB switch is to provide electrical isolation between two points in your house’s circuitry, allowing you to turn off power to one area without affecting the rest of your house. In this way, PCB switches can be used to prevent fires and other damage caused by improper wiring or short circuits.

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When you’re trying to make a PCB, it can be difficult to figure out how you should connect the components. PCBTok’s switch PCBs are designed to make it easy for anyone to create high quality boards quickly and easily.
The PCBTok uses state-of-the-art technology to provide a secure connection between components. It also ensures that all connections are made correctly so that you don’t have to worry about frying your board when you turn it on or off.
If there’s one thing that we know about electronics, it’s that they aren’t perfect. That’s why PCBTok made sure that our switch PCBs are built with this in mind: they are guaranteed not to fail under any circumstances!
Switch PCB Fabrication
Plate-mounted switches are easier to manufacture than PCB-mounted switches, but they have some drawbacks as well. They can only be used in certain applications because they do not allow for easy access to the rear side of the switch or to components mounted near it. In addition, there are limited options for mounting holes for mounting screws; this limits flexibility in mounting options unless special hardware is used instead.
PCB-mounted switches offer more flexibility than plate-mounted switches because they can be mounted anywhere on a printed circuit board that has space available for mounting holes and leads. They also allow easy access to both sides of an IC or other component without having to drill any holes through it first; this can save time during assembly for later in the manufacturing process.
The PCB switch is a type of switch that connects to a circuit board. The circuitry for the switch is typically built into the circuit board. This makes it easier to install than other types of switches, because there is no need for additional wiring or wiring connections.
Mounting your PCB switch is an essential step in the process of making a functional circuit. If you don’t mount it properly, it will not work, and you will have wasted a lot of time.
When mounting your PCB switch, there are three main considerations:
- The height of your switch
- The width of your switch
- Where exactly on the board you will be mounting the switch
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NO | Item | Technical Specification | ||||||
Standard | Advanced | |||||||
1 | Layer Count | 1-20 layers | 22-40 layer | |||||
2 | Base Material | KB、Shengyi、ShengyiSF305、FR408、FR408HR、IS410、FR406、GETEK、370HR、IT180A、Rogers4350、Rogers400、PTFE Laminates(Rogers series、Taconic series、Arlon series、Nelco series)、Rogers/Taconic/Arlon/Nelco laminate with FR-4 material(including partial Ro4350B hybrid laminating with FR-4) | ||||||
3 | PCB Type | Rigid PCB/FPC/Flex-Rigid | Backplane、HDI、High multi-layer blind&buried PCB、Embedded Capacitance、Embedded resistance board 、Heavy copper power PCB、Backdrill. | |||||
4 | Lamination type | Blind&buried via type | Mechanical blind&burried vias with less than 3 times laminating | Mechanical blind&burried vias with less than 2 times laminating | ||||
HDI PCB | 1+n+1,1+1+n+1+1,2+n+2,3+n+3(n buried vias≤0.3mm),Laser blind via can be filling plating | 1+n+1,1+1+n+1+1,2+n+2,3+n+3(n buried vias≤0.3mm),Laser blind via can be filling plating | ||||||
5 | Finished Board Thickness | 0.2-3.2mm | 3.4-7mm | |||||
6 | Minimum Core Thickness | 0.15mm(6mil) | 0.1mm(4mil) | |||||
7 | Copper Thickness | Min. 1/2 OZ, Max. 4 OZ | Min. 1/3 OZ, Max. 10 OZ | |||||
8 | PTH Wall | 20um(0.8mil) | 25um(1mil) | |||||
9 | Maximum Board Size | 500*600mm(19”*23”) | 1100*500mm(43”*19”) | |||||
10 | Hole | Min laser drilling size | 4mil | 4mil | ||||
Max laser drilling size | 6mil | 6mil | ||||||
Max aspect ratio for Hole plate | 10:1(hole diameter>8mil) | 20:1 | ||||||
Max aspect ratio for laser via filling plating | 0.9:1(Depth included copper thickness) | 1:1(Depth included copper thickness) | ||||||
Max aspect ratio for mechanical depth- control drilling board(Blind hole drilling depth/blind hole size) |
0.8:1(drilling tool size≥10mil) | 1.3:1(drilling tool size≤8mil),1.15:1(drilling tool size≥10mil) | ||||||
Min. depth of Mechanical depth-control(back drill) | 8mil | 8mil | ||||||
Min gap between hole wall and conductor (None blind and buried via PCB) |
7mil(≤8L),9mil(10-14L),10mil(>14L) | 5.5mil(≤8L),6.5mil(10-14L),7mil(>14L) | ||||||
Min gap between hole wall conductor (Blind and buried via PCB) | 8mil(1 times laminating),10mil(2 times laminating), 12mil(3 times laminating) | 7mil(1 time laminating), 8mil(2 times laminating), 9mil(3 times laminating) | ||||||
Min gab between hole wall conductor(Laser blind hole buried via PCB) | 7mil(1+N+1);8mil(1+1+N+1+1 or 2+N+2) | 7mil(1+N+1);8mil(1+1+N+1+1 or 2+N+2) | ||||||
Min space between laser holes and conductor | 6mil | 5mil | ||||||
Min space between hole walls in different net | 10mil | 10mil | ||||||
Min space between hole walls in the same net | 6mil(thru-hole& laser hole PCB),10mil(Mechanical blind&buried PCB) | 6mil(thru-hole& laser hole PCB),10mil(Mechanical blind&buried PCB) | ||||||
Min space bwteen NPTH hole walls | 8mil | 8mil | ||||||
Hole location tolerance | ±2mil | ±2mil | ||||||
NPTH tolerance | ±2mil | ±2mil | ||||||
Pressfit holes tolerance | ±2mil | ±2mil | ||||||
Countersink depth tolerance | ±6mil | ±6mil | ||||||
Countersink hole size tolerance | ±6mil | ±6mil | ||||||
11 | Pad(ring) | Min Pad size for laser drillings | 10mil(for 4mil laser via),11mil(for 5mil laser via) | 10mil(for 4mil laser via),11mil(for 5mil laser via) | ||||
Min Pad size for mechanical drillings | 16mil(8mil drillings) | 16mil(8mil drillings) | ||||||
Min BGA pad size | HASL:10mil, LF HASL:12mil, other surface technics are 10mil(7mil is ok for flash gold) | HASL:10mil, LF HASL:12mil, other surface technics are 7mi | ||||||
Pad size tolerance(BGA) | ±1.5mil(pad size≤10mil);±15%(pad size>10mil) | ±1.2mil(pad size≤12mil);±10%(pad size≥12mil) | ||||||
12 | Width/Space | Internal Layer | 1/2OZ:3/3mil | 1/2OZ:3/3mil | ||||
1OZ: 3/4mil | 1OZ: 3/4mil | |||||||
2OZ: 4/5.5mil | 2OZ: 4/5mil | |||||||
3OZ: 5/8mil | 3OZ: 5/8mil | |||||||
4OZ: 6/11mil | 4OZ: 6/11mil | |||||||
5OZ: 7/14mil | 5OZ: 7/13.5mil | |||||||
6OZ: 8/16mil | 6OZ: 8/15mil | |||||||
7OZ: 9/19mil | 7OZ: 9/18mil | |||||||
8OZ: 10/22mil | 8OZ: 10/21mil | |||||||
9OZ: 11/25mil | 9OZ: 11/24mil | |||||||
10OZ: 12/28mil | 10OZ: 12/27mil | |||||||
External Layer | 1/3OZ:3.5/4mil | 1/3OZ:3/3mil | ||||||
1/2OZ:3.9/4.5mil | 1/2OZ:3.5/3.5mil | |||||||
1OZ: 4.8/5mil | 1OZ: 4.5/5mil | |||||||
1.43OZ(positive):4.5/7 | 1.43OZ(positive):4.5/6 | |||||||
1.43OZ(negative ):5/8 | 1.43OZ(negative ):5/7 | |||||||
2OZ: 6/8mil | 2OZ: 6/7mil | |||||||
3OZ: 6/12mil | 3OZ: 6/10mil | |||||||
4OZ: 7.5/15mil | 4OZ: 7.5/13mil | |||||||
5OZ: 9/18mil | 5OZ: 9/16mil | |||||||
6OZ: 10/21mil | 6OZ: 10/19mil | |||||||
7OZ: 11/25mil | 7OZ: 11/22mil | |||||||
8OZ: 12/29mil | 8OZ: 12/26mil | |||||||
9OZ: 13/33mil | 9OZ: 13/30mil | |||||||
10OZ: 14/38mil | 10OZ: 14/35mil | |||||||
13 | Dimension Tolerance | Hole Position | 0.08 ( 3 mils) | |||||
Conductor Width(W) | 20% Deviation of Master A/W |
1mil Deviation of Master A/W |
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Outline Dimension | 0.15 mm ( 6 mils) | 0.10 mm ( 4 mils) | ||||||
Conductors & Outline ( C – O ) |
0.15 mm ( 6 mils) | 0.13 mm ( 5 mils) | ||||||
Warp and Twist | 0.75% | 0.50% | ||||||
14 | Solder Mask | Max drilling tool size for via filled with Soldermask (single side) | 35.4mil | 35.4mil | ||||
Soldermask color | Green, Black, Blue, Red, White, Yellow,Purple matte/glossy | |||||||
Silkscreen color | White, Black,Blue,Yellow | |||||||
Max hole size for via filled with Blue glue aluminium | 197mil | 197mil | ||||||
Finish hole size for via filled with resin | 4-25.4mil | 4-25.4mil | ||||||
Max aspect ratio for via filled with resin board | 8:1 | 12:1 | ||||||
Min width of soldermask bridge | Base copper≤0.5 oz、Immersion Tin: 7.5mil(Black), 5.5mil(Other color) , 8mil( on copper area) | |||||||
Base copper≤0.5 oz、Finish treatment not Immersion Tin : 5.5 mil(Black,extremity 5mil), 4mil(Other color,extremity 3.5mil) , 8mil( on copper area |
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Base coppe 1 oz: 4mil(Green), 5mil(Other color) , 5.5mil(Black,extremity 5mil),8mil( on copper area) | ||||||||
Base copper 1.43 oz: 4mil(Green), 5.5mil(Other color) , 6mil(Black), 8mil( on copper area) | ||||||||
Base copper 2 oz-4 oz: 6mil, 8mil( on copper area) | ||||||||
15 | Surface Treatment | Lead free | Flash gold(electroplated gold)、ENIG、Hard gold、Flash gold、HASL Lead free、OSP、ENEPIG、Soft gold、Immersion silver、Immersion Tin、ENIG+OSP,ENIG+Gold finger,Flash gold(electroplated gold)+Gold finger,Immersion silver+Gold finger,Immersion Tin+Gold finge | |||||
Leaded | Leaded HASL | |||||||
Aspect ratio | 10:1(HASL Lead free、HASL Lead、ENIG、Immersion Tin、Immersion silver、ENEPIG);8:1(OSP) | |||||||
Max finished size | HASL Lead 22″*39″;HASL Lead free 22″*24″;Flash gold 24″*24″;Hard gold 24″*28″;ENIG 21″*27″;Flash gold(electroplated gold) 21″*48″;Immersion Tin 16″*21″;Immersion silver 16″*18″;OSP 24″*40″; | |||||||
Min finished size | HASL Lead 5″*6″;HASL Lead free 10″*10″;Flash gold 12″*16″;Hard gold 3″*3″;Flash gold(electroplated gold) 8″*10″;Immersion Tin 2″*4″;Immersion silver 2″*4″;OSP 2″*2″; | |||||||
PCB thickness | HASL Lead 0.6-4.0mm;HASL Lead free 0.6-4.0mm;Flash gold 1.0-3.2mm;Hard gold 0.1-5.0mm;ENIG 0.2-7.0mm;Flash gold(electroplated gold) 0.15-5.0mm;Immersion Tin 0.4-5.0mm;Immersion silver 0.4-5.0mm;OSP 0.2-6.0mm | |||||||
Max high to gold finger | 1.5inch | |||||||
Min space between gold fingers | 6mil | |||||||
Min block space to gold fingers | 7.5mil | |||||||
16 | V-Cutting | Panel Size | 500mm X 622 mm ( max. ) | 500mm X 800 mm ( max. ) | ||||
Board Thickness | 0.50 mm (20mil) min. | 0.30 mm (12mil) min. | ||||||
Remain Thickness | 1/3 board thickness | 0.40 +/-0.10mm( 16+/-4 mil ) | ||||||
Tolerance | ±0.13 mm(5mil) | ±0.1 mm(4mil) | ||||||
Groove Width | 0.50 mm (20mil) max. | 0.38 mm (15mil) max. | ||||||
Groove to Groove | 20 mm (787mil) min. | 10 mm (394mil) min. | ||||||
Groove to Trace | 0.45 mm(18mil) min. | 0.38 mm(15mil) min. | ||||||
17 | Slot | Slot size tol.L≥2W | PTH Slot: L:+/-0.13(5mil) W:+/-0.08(3mil) | PTH Slot: L:+/-0.10(4mil) W:+/-0.05(2mil) | ||||
NPTH slot(mm) L+/-0.10 (4mil) W:+/-0.05(2mil) | NPTH slot(mm) L:+/-0.08 (3mil) W:+/-0.05(2mil) | |||||||
18 | Min Spacing from hole edge to hole edge | 0.30-1.60 (Hole Diameter) | 0.15mm(6mil) | 0.10mm(4mil) | ||||
1.61-6.50 (Hole Diameter) | 0.15mm(6mil) | 0.13mm(5mil) | ||||||
19 | Min spacing between hole edge to circuitry pattern | PTH hole: 0.20mm(8mil) | PTH hole: 0.13mm(5mil) | |||||
NPTH hole: 0.18mm(7mil) | NPTH hole: 0.10mm(4mil) | |||||||
20 | Image transfer Registration tol | Circuit pattern vs.index hole | 0.10(4mil) | 0.08(3mil) | ||||
Circuit pattern vs.2nd drill hole | 0.15(6mil) | 0.10(4mil) | ||||||
21 | Registration tolerance of front/back image | 0.075mm(3mil) | 0.05mm(2mil) | |||||
22 | Multilayers | Layer-layer misregistration | 4layers: | 0.15mm(6mil)max. | 4layers: | 0.10mm(4mil) max. | ||
6layers: | 0.20mm(8mil)max. | 6layers: | 0.13mm(5mil) max. | |||||
8layers: | 0.25mm(10mil)max. | 8layers: | 0.15mm(6mil) max. | |||||
Min. Spacing from Hole Edge to Innerlayer Pattern | 0.225mm(9mil) | 0.15mm(6mil) | ||||||
Min.Spacing from Outline to Innerlayer Pattern | 0.38mm(15mil) | 0.225mm(9mil) | ||||||
Min. board thickness | 4layers:0.30mm(12mil) | 4layers:0.20mm(8mil) | ||||||
6layers:0.60mm(24mil) | 6layers:0.50mm(20mil) | |||||||
8layers:1.0mm(40mil) | 8layers:0.75mm(30mil) | |||||||
Board thickness tolerance | 4layers:+/-0.13mm(5mil) | 4layers:+/-0.10mm(4mil) | ||||||
6layers:+/-0.15mm(6mil) | 6layers:+/-0.13mm(5mil) | |||||||
8-12 layers:+/-0.20mm (8mil) | 8-12 layers:+/-0.15mm (6mil) | |||||||
23 | Insulation Resistance | 10KΩ~20MΩ(typical:5MΩ) | ||||||
24 | Conductivity | <50Ω(typical:25Ω) | ||||||
25 | Test voltage | 250V | ||||||
26 | Impedance control | ±5ohm(<50ohm), ±10%(≥50ohm) |
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