I'd suggest asking in the IPC Technet maillist. It's populated with many pcb designers and fabricatiors who should be able to provide some good info. http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.aspx?Pageid=E-mail-Forums There are also searchable archives there. Gary On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > Hi List, > > I'm trying to get a better understanding of multilayer PCB design. > Unfortunately, the books we have in our library don't have the information > I'm after. Google hasn't been very helpful either, and the feedback we get > from PCB manufacturers is confusing (AC even told us they outsource their > ML > PCBs, which was a shock to me -- they demonstrated the process when I > visited their plant back in 2007). > > Most of the questions I have concern manufacturability of multilayer PCBs. > It seems like almost any board house can make multilayer boards with > thru-board vias. But they get surprisingly evasive when we ask them about > what effect blind and buried vias will have on the cost of the PCB ("send > us > your design and we'll quote it"). > > Can someone point me to a resource, be it a book, a webpage, or whatever, > that explains the manufacturing process for ML boards and specifically goes > into design for manufacturability and the tradeoffs? > > Seat-of-the-pants type feedback is also welcome. > > Best regards, > > Vitaliy > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary A. Crowell Sr., P.E., CID+ www.linkedin.com/in/garyacrowellsr -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist