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The elements which affect the cost are a number of boards, the number of layers, size & thickness of the PCB, impedance control, routing, soldermask and silkscreen color, copper weight, etc.

Many times, production cost increases because of the large size of the board. Larger boards require more material and number of holes are drilled which tend to increase the cost. However, smaller PCBs allow a greater number of circuit boards to be processed per production panel, which leads to decrease in per-board cost. Majority of the times, manufacturing price is influenced strongly by a number of layers. Therefore the circuit board designing is done in such a manner that it comprises a minimum number of circuit layers. And we consider this important factor in addition to board thickness.

Sometimes cost varies with PCB thickness, but this depends on your specifications. If you select non-standard board thickness, then the price will increase because of the expensive materials. Silkscreen and soldermask are additional process steps which lead to increase in cost.

PCBGOGO-highly specialized not only in quick-turn PCB prototype and PCB assembly, but also medium and small volume PCB fabrication. We have three factories, established over 17,000 square meters; fully compliant with the ISO 9001:2008 quality management system, UL certified and committed to adhering to the strictest standards in manufacture and assembly.