Surface Finish for High-Speed PCB: ENIG, ENEPIG, OSP, Immersion Silver & Hard Gold
In high-speed and high-frequency PCB designs, surface finish is far more than a simple protective coating for bare copper. It directly governs signal integrity, insertion loss, impedance stability, solderability, oxidation resistance, mechanical durability, and long-term operational reliability. Driven by the skin effect, high-frequency electrical signals travel primarily along the outer surface of copper traces instead…