UL

Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc., a corporation for the purpose of establishing safety standards on types of equipment or components in USA and Canada.

UL

Twist

The deformation of a rectangular sheet, panel or printed board, that occurs parallel to a diagonal across its surface in such a way that one of the comers of the sheet is not in the plane formed by th...

Twist

Trim Lines

Lines which define the borders of a printed board.

Trim Lines

Triazine

Dielectric material with higher glass transition temperature and better thermal stability than epoxy resin, however, more expensive and not in common use.

Triazine

Transmission Line

A signal-carrying circuit composed of conductors and dielectric material  with controlled electrical characteristics used for the transmission of high-frequency or narrow-pulse type signals.

Transmission Line

Transmission Cable

Two or more transmission lines.

Transmission Cable

Traces

The metallic conductive strips that provide connections between components, terminals, etc., on printed circuits.

Traces

Trace

A single conductive path in a conductive pattern.

Trace

Tombstoning

A soldering defect in which a chip component moves into a vertical position during solidification of the solder so that only one terminal is connected. It is caused by defective re-flow processing.

Tombstoning

Tolling Hole

Also called fabrication hole, pilot hole, or manufacturing hole. These are used as PCB reference points upon which other dimensions are based.

Tolling Hole

Tinning

The application of molten solder to a basis metal in order to increase its solderability.

Tinning

Through Connection

An electrical connection between conductive patterns on opposite sides of an insulating base, e.g. plated through-hole or clinched jumber wire.

Through Connection

Thermoset

A plastic cured or hardened by heating into a permanent shape. Thermosets cannot be re-melted.

Thermoset

Thermoplastic

A plastic set into final shape by forcing the melted polymer into a cooled mould. The hardened form can be re-melted several times.

Thermoplastic

Thermocouple

A device made of two dissimilar metals which, when heated, generate a voltage that is used to measure temperatures.

Thermocouple

Test Point

Special points of access to an electrical circuit, used for testing purposes.

Test Point

Test Pattern

A pattern used for inspection or testing purposes.

Test Pattern

Test Fixture

A device that adapts a specific assembly under test system via inter-connection.

Test Fixture

Test Coupon

A pattern as an integral part of the PCB on which electrical tests may be made to non-destructively evaluate process control. A portion of a circuit used exclusively to functionally test the circuit a...

Test Coupon

Test Board

A printed board suitable for determining acceptability of the board or of a batch of boards produced with the same process so as to be representative of the production board.

Test Board

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