I-substrate yefilimu I-substrate yefilimu inqubo ehamba phambili ye- PCB ukukhiqizwa. Ekukhiqizweni kohlobo oluthile lwe-PCB, ihluzo ngayinye kagesi (isendlalelo sesendlalelo sesekethe ihluzo nomhlabathi, ihluzo lesendlalelo samandla) kanye nemidwebo engahambisi (ihluzo lokumelana nezinsimbi nezinhlamvu) kufanele okungenani ibe nepuleti elilodwa lesisekelo sefilimu. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-substrate yefilimu ekukhiqizweni kwe-PCB kuyizithombe zemaski ezibonisa ukudluliswa kwemifanekiso, kufaka phakathi ihluzo lesifunda nemidwebo ye-photoresistive. Inqubo yokuphrinta kwesikrini ekukhiqizeni usilika, kufaka phakathi ukuvimba ihluzo le-welding nezinhlamvu; Machining (imishini kanye nentaba Milling) CNC umshini izinhlelo isisekelo futhi imishini inkomba.

ICopper Clad Laminaters (CLL), ebizwa nge-Copper Clad foil layers noma amapuleti agqoke ithusi, yizinto ezisezingeni eliphansi zokwenza i-PCBS. Njengamanje, ama-PCBS asetshenziswa kakhulu asetshenzisiwe ngokukhethekile agxiliwe kucwecwe oluboshwe ngethusi ukuthola imigqa nemidwebo oyifunayo.

Ngemuva kokuthi ukwakheka kwe-PCB sekuqediwe, ngoba ukuma kwebhodi le-PCB kuncane kakhulu ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zenqubo yokukhiqiza, noma umkhiqizo wakhiwa ama-PCBS amaningana, kubalulekile ukuhlanganisa amabhodi amancane amancane ebhodini elikhulu elihlangabezana nezidingo zokukhiqiza. Imephu yesisekelo sefilimu kufanele yenziwe kuqala, bese ithwetshulwa noma ikhiqizwe kabusha kusetshenziswa imephu eyisisekelo. Ngokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha, ibhodi ephrintiwe ubuchwepheshe be-CAD sebenze inqubekela phambili enkulu, futhi ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza be-PCB buthuthukiswe ngokushesha baba ungqimba oluningi, ucingo oluncane, imbobo encane kanye nesiqondisi esiphakeme. Inqubo yokukhiqiza ifilimu yoqobo ayisakwazi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zokwakhiwa kwe-PCB, ngakho-ke ubuchwepheshe bokudweba obulula buvelile. Amafayela wedatha yemidwebo ye-PCB aklanywe yi-CAD angathunyelwa ngqo ohlelweni lwekhompiyutha lomshini wokudweba we-optical usebenzisa ukukhanya ukudweba ihluzo ngqo kokubi, bese ngemuva kokuthuthuka, inguqulo yefilimu engaguquki.

Ukukhiqizwa kwemininingwane yokudweba elula ukuguqula idatha yokwakhiwa eyenziwe isoftware ye-CAD ibe yimininingwane yokudweba elula (ikakhulukazi idatha yeGerber), eguqulwa futhi ihlelwe uhlelo lweCAM ukuqedela ukwenziwa kokudweba okulula (ikholaji, isibuko, njll.), ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zenqubo yokukhiqiza ye-PCB, bese uthumela idatha esetshenzisiwe kumshini wokudweba okhanyayo. Iprosesa yedatha yesithombe yomshini wokudweba obonakalayo iguqulwa ibe idatha ye-raster, futhi idatha ye-raster ithunyelwa kumshini wokudweba we-laser optical ngokusebenzisa ukukhulisa okuphezulu kokucindezelwa okusheshayo nokubuyiselwa kwe-algorithm ukuqedela umdwebo we-optical.