method of assembling printed circuit boards where the components are mounted onto the surface of the board rather than being inserted into holes in the board
The technology used when components are mounted to the surface of circuit boards Surface mount technology allows smaller component size, improves signal speed, increases reliability and automation in manufacturing, and requires less handling of parts
A technique of assembling SMDs or SMCs on the surface of PCBs and PWAs, as opposed to wiring them through holes Surface mount technology offers a number of important advantages, but also some disadvantages, such as difficulty in defluxing under certain types of SMD
A method of assembling hybrid circuits and printed wiring boards where component parts are mounted onto, rather than into, the printed-wiring boards, as in the mounting components on substrates in hybrid technology