PICA White Paper Featured in August 2026 PCB Design eBook
PICA Manufacturing Solutions is pleased to announce that Tyson Mortimer’s white paper, The Essential Guide to PCB Via Protection: Strategies and Standards, is featured in the August 2026 eBook, Understanding PCB Vias: An Essential Guide for PCB Designers.
The white paper examines the critical role via protection plays in PCB performance and long-term reliability. It explores seven protection methods—including tented, plugged, epoxy-filled, and copper-filled vias—while outlining their applications, benefits, limitations, and relevant IPC-4761 guidance.
Its inclusion in the new eBook gives PCB designers and engineers a practical resource for selecting an appropriate via protection strategy based on design density, assembly requirements, operating environment, reliability goals, and cost.
Authored by Tyson Mortimer of PICA Manufacturing Solutions, the paper reflects PICA’s commitment to sharing manufacturing expertise that helps engineers make better-informed design decisions.
