THE FUNDAMENTAL OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (B. WHAT IS GEBRER FILE)

     

B. WHAT IS GEBRER FILE

    The Gerber format is a file format used by printed circuit board (PCB) industry software to describe the images of a printed circuit board (copper layers, solder mask, legend, drill holes, etc.). The Gerber format is the de-facto industry standard for printed circuit board image transfer.The Gerber format specification can be freely downloaded.

     

    There are two versions. RS-274X ("extended Gerber") is the most commonly used today. The previous version was a subset of EIA RS-274-D ("standard Gerber"); it is deprecated and is largely superseded by RS-274X. RS-274X is an extension to RS-274D. Gerber files generated in RS-274D lack aperture information, while RS-274X embeds aperture information, .274D files need to have the aperture definitions entered manually.

     

    The Gerber format was developed by Gerber Systems Corp., a company founded by Heinz Joseph “Joe” Gerber.he format is now controlled and owned by Ucamco through its acquisition of Barco ETS, a company that previously acquired Gerber Systems Corp.

     

     

Section

     

A. WHAT IS PCB

B. WHAT IS GEBRER FILE

C. WHAT IS NC DRILL FILE

D. WHAT IS SOLDER MASK

E. WHAT IS SILK SCREEN

F. WHAT IS PCB FINISHING

G.  HOW TO DEFINE THE PCB YOU WANT