Dennis Ward said:

>Hope everyone had a great New years. Quick
>question. On a 18 X 24 panel what is the maximum
>size of an individual board and still get TWO boards
>per panel? Please no "contact your board vendor"
>replies. I have documentation for four different
>vendors and each has something different. And I
>understand that each will be different. I am curious
>how these vendors stack up with the rest of the
>industry. I've seen sizes from 16.00 X 10.90
>(the smallest) to 16.50 X 11.20 (the largest).

Our vendor (and my DFM rules) would say 16.3 x 11.1 inches, assuming there
are no gold finger contact busses. Those would require space outside the
board outline in the window of a panel.



regards,


Jerry Cupples
Interphase Corporation
Dallas, TX USA
http://www.iphase.com

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