What comes to mind when your think of technology? For some people technology conjures up images of computer circuitry or the internet, for others the latest cellular communication devices or flat panel television sets are the first thoughts that pop into their heads. And for yet others space walks and Mars rovers come into their thoughts, but at the center of all of these different answers is one underlying theme, computer circuit boards.

Computers have greatly altered the way in which people work, communicate and associate with each other. The images that come to mind at the mention of technology often include a circuit board as the central focus of technology. And that is an accurate portrayal of what modern technology is all about. At the center of every electronic gizmo and computer is a printed circuit board. Printed circuit boards or PCBs as they referred to in the industry, have been included in many technologies over the decades. First introduced by an Austrian born inventor named Paul Eisler, in the 1930s, PCB manufacturing began as a military project within the US until the technology was released to the electronics industry after the end of World War II.

Since that time PCB manufacturing has evolved to become smaller and more intricate in the designs that are carved by lasers into the polymer layers that coat a copper plate. Copper being a conductor of electricity, is used in PCB manufacturing to guide electrical currents through the PCB to the components that run the electronics and computers associated with technology. Today PCBs are found in every electronic device and computer on the face of the planet.




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