A method for designing PCB pads: using a drill bit of a first size to drill through a PCB from a first side; using a drill bit of a second size to back-drill a second side of the PCB so as to form a pyramid-shaped through hole; setting the connection means of a second layer and third layer of an inner layer of the PCB that comprises the pyramid-shaped through hole to full connection; and disposing a pad of a third size on a first layer of the inner layer, and disposing a pad of a fourth size on the last layer of the inner layer, wherein the fourth size is bigger than the third size, the fourth size is bigger than the second size, the second size is bigger than the first size, and the third size is bigger than the first size.

A method of planning the manufacture of component carriers includes defining a set of final product parameters as a target for component carriers to be manufactured, ranking the process parameters concerning their impact on the final product parameters, selecting a subset of higher ranked process parameters, inputting the selected subset of process parameters for processing by an artificial intelligence module, and determining an action plan for the manufacturing based on an output of the artificial intelligence module, where the product parameters are influenceable by a set of process parameters settable during the manufacturing method.

In an electronic component mounting system, when a change in a recipe (setting data) for a control computer are input in any one of a plurality of circuit board working machines, such as component mounting machines, the control computer reports changed content to a host computer. The host computer, which receives the report, updates the data, which is stored in the DB server, based on the changed content of the recipe. The control computer, which receives input of the change in the recipe, executes a process in which only the partial data, which is updated by the host computer, is acquired among the data items, which are stored in the DB server.

A method for anomaly detection in a cutting machine with a spindle that is driven by an electric motor, wherein the method includes determining an electric power consumption of the motor during a working cycle of the machine, dividing the working cycle into time windows, determining, for each time window, whether the spindle was cutting and/or idling based on associated electric power values, determining median and expected deviation of electric power values for cutting and idling operation over the sequence of time windows, and determining an anomaly if electric power values during cutting or idling exceed a predetermined relationship to the corresponding median and expected deviation values.

In an electronic component mounting system, when a change in a recipe (setting data) for a control computer are input in any one of a plurality of circuit board working machines, such as component mounting machines, the control computer reports changed content to a host computer. The host computer, which receives the report, updates the data, which is stored in the DB server, based on the changed content of the recipe. The control computer, which receives input of the change in the recipe, executes a process in which only the partial data, which is updated by the host computer, is acquired among the data items, which are stored in the DB server.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a command to embed, in supplementary data, information regarding one or more trace elements for one or more locations in a layer for a printed circuit board (PCB), and generating output data for facilitating fabrication and post-processing of the PCB, wherein the output data includes the supplementary data, and wherein the supplementary data enables the one or more trace elements to be formed in the layer during the fabrication of the PCB and leveraged during the post-processing of the PCB. Other embodiments are disclosed.