FR4 measurement tolerances

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I am going to get a PCB produced, but was wondering how the FR4 thickness measurements work, i.e. how thick are 1.6 and 0.8 FR4, in millimeters, to a few decimal places?

Best Answer

If you look at the specifications from your supplier, you will see something like this:

STANDARD BOARD THICKNESS & TOL. From 0.10 mm (0.004") to 3.50 mm (0.138") Tolerance : IPC Class B

The "Class B" refers to the laminate thickness (no cladding), and you can refer to the IPC information for the relevant numbersenter image description here

To get the overall tolerance for a multilayer board you have to add up all the tolerances of each layer and the copper thickness tolerances.