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Capabilities Inner Layers
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
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Copper weight (oz/sq ft) pre-plate
0.5
no
yes
yes
1
yes
yes
yes
2
no
yes
yes
3
no
no
RFQ
>3
Not Supported
Not Supported
RFQ
Minimum trace/space
0.5 oz Cu
Not Supported
5/5
5/5
1.0 oz Cu
6/6
6/6
5/5
2.0 oz Cu
Not Supported
8/8
8/8
>2.0 oz Cu
Not Supported
Not Supported
RFQ
Minnimum clearances and pads
 Ground plane view Open area view
Clearances
25 mils larger than finished hole size
20 mils larger than finished hole size
20 mils larger than finished hole size
Less than 20 mils
Not Supported
Design Check
RFQ
Pads
18 mils larger than finished hole size
18 mils larger than finished hole size
18 mils larger than finished hole size
Less than 18 mils
Not Supported
Design Check
RFQ
Minimum backset (distance from copper feature to route/cut-line)
.020"
.020"
.020"
<.020
Not Supported
Design Check
RFQ
Trace width variation
20% of artwork
20% of artwork
20% of artwork
Layer to layer registration variation
+/-.005/layer
+/-.005/layer
+/-.005/layer
Capabilities Outer Layers
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
Copper weight (oz/sq ft) pre-plate
0.5
yes
yes
yes
1
no
yes
yes
2
no
yes
yes
>2
N/A
N/A
RFQ
Minimum trace/space
0.5
6/6
5/5
5/5
1
Not Supported
10/10
10/10
2
Not Supported
14/14
14/14
>2
Not Supported
Design Check
RFQ
Pads
18 mils larger than finished hole size
18 mils larger than finished hole size
18 mils larger than finished hole size
Minimum backset (distance from copper feature to route/cut-line)
.020"
.010"
.010"
<.010
Not Supported
Design Check
RFQ
Trace width variation
20% of artwork
20% of artwork
20% of artwork
Layer to layer registration variation
+/-.005/layer
+/-.005/layer
+/-.005/layer
Board thickness available
.031"
no
yes
yes
.047"
no
yes
yes
.062"
yes
yes
yes
.093"
no
yes
yes
.125"
no
yes
yes
Custom sizes
Not Supported
Design Check
RFQ
Layer count
Single sided
yes
yes
yes
Double sided
yes
yes
yes
3 - 6 layers
yes
yes
yes
up to 8 layers
no
yes
yes
up to 14 layers
no
no
yes
Capabilities Soldermask
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct sales
Material
Liquid photo imageable
Liquid photo imageable
Liquid photo imageable
Color
Green
Green/black/blue/ white
RFQ for colors other than "full feature"
Registration variation
+/- .005"
+/- .005"
+/- .005"
Minimum web
.005
.004
.004
 Soldermask
Soldermask Artwork Requirement
Pad size + smallest board spacing
Pad size + smallest board spacing or 1:1 with Design Review
We will adjust
Soldermask 
NOTE: For Silver finish, we will modify vias to be "encroached"
Capabilities Silkscreen
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
Character placement variation
+/_ .010"
+/_ .010"
+/_ .010"
Minimum Character height
50
50
50
MinimumCharacter width
30
30
30
Minimum Character thickness
7
7
7
Minimum character spacing
5
5
5
NOTE:
Silkscreen not available on boards designed without soldermask
 
Type
Epoxy thermal cure
Epoxy thermal cure
Epoxy thermal cure
Color
White
White,yellow, black
White,yellow, black
Capabilities Drill
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct sales
Variation
5 mil radial
5 mil radial
5 mil radial
Hole sizes available
23 pre-set drills for double sided, and 24 preset drills for multilayers
No limit
No limit
Minimum drill size
Quantity
25 holes/sq in (avg)
No limit
No limit
Hole size variation (pre-plate)
within .001 of drill specification
within .001 of drill specification
within .001 of drill specification
Hole size variation (post-plate)
+/- .004 of the finished drill specification for the pre-set drills (See PCBExpress drill chart)
+/- .004 of finished hole specification
+/- .004 of finished hole specification
NOTE: Hole sizes .018 or less may be plugged
Capabilities Fab (route)
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
Variation
+/- .010 of drawing
+/- .010 of drawing
+/- .010 of drawing
Router bits used
.093
.093, .062
.047, .031
individual routing
Yes
yes
yes
V-score
no
yes
yes
Tab routing
no
yes
yes
Canned circles
no
yes
yes
Slots
no
yes
yes
Countersink
no
no
yes
Internal cut-outs
no
yes
yes
Bevel
no
yes
yes
Finished drill
no
yes
yes
Maximum board size
12" x 14" Maximum board size, not to exceed a total of 168 sq in.
14" X 18"
Larger boards upon review
Minimum board deminsions
.35" min in one direction with a minimum .4" in overall board size
.25"
Smaller boards upon review
Capabilities Tab Route
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
space between boards
N/A
0.1" , you send a one-up image, we do the rest
Same as full feature
Border around pallet
N/A
.5"
Same as full feature
Overall panel size
N/A
Varies with board size, approx 12" x 14"
Same as full feature
Capabilities V-scoring
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
space between boards
N/A
0.0" , you send a one-up image, we do the rest
Same as full feature
Border around pallet
N/A
.5"
Same as full feature
Overall panel size
N/A
Varies with board size, approx 12" x 14"
Same as full feature
Minimum board size
N/A
1.5 X 1.5
RFQ if smaller than "full feature"
Minimum copper keep-out
N/A
.030" from route/cut-line
Same as full feature
Capabilities Gold tips
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct sales
degree bevel
N/A
30 degrees
RFQ if different from full feature
Minimum gold thickness
N/A
30 u in.
RFQ if different from full feature
Minimum Ni thickness
N/A
100 u in.
RFQ if different from full feature
Capabilities Plating
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
Minimum Cu in holes
.0008"
.0008"
.0008"
Minimum Cu on surface
.0008"
.0008"
.0008"
Hole size variation (after copper plate)
*+/-.004" of spec
+/.004" of spec
+/.004" of spec
* Please check drill chart for drill sizes used
Capabilities Material
Quickturn Proto
Full-Featured
Direct Sales
FR4 140 Tg
yes
yes
yes
High Tg, high Td, low CTE (For no-lead applications)
yes
yes
yes
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