SURFACE MOUNT DEVICE (SMD)
What is SMD or Surface Mount Electronic Component?
Surface mount devices of SMD are electronic components that are easily soldered or mountable on the
surface on the PCB.
Surface Mount Device (SMD) are Chip-Type electronic components for SMT. Surface Mount Device do
not have leads like thru-hole. They are mounted on the PCB.
Surface Mount Device (SMD)
Circuit of a mobile phone looks like general circuit but the parts in printed circuit boards (PCB) of mobile
phone are different from normal thru-hole electronic components. These electronic components are
known as surface mount device or surface mount electronic components.
These SMD electronic components on the PCB of a mobile cell phone generally do not have any leads.
Components that have leads are bent in a manner that they can be mounted only on the surface of the
PCB and hence the name “Surface Mount Device”.
Most of the electronic components on the PCB of a Mobile Cell Phone are BGA or Ball Grid Array
Packages. The whole technology is called Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
SMD Components of Mobile Phone PCB
Different Types of SMD Components
What are Advantages of SMD?
SMD type electronic components offer many advantages.
The main advantage is that they are space saving.
The size of mobile phones has been significantly reduced because of the use of SMD
components.
SMD components use less electricity and voltage loss is also very less.
Uses of SMD Electronic Components.
Presently SMD of Surface Mount Devices are used in ultra-modern electronic equipment’s like mobile
phones, smartphone, computers, laptops tablets etc.
NOTE:
All the components used in Surface Mount Technology are mostly in the form of chips or IC (Integrated
Circuit). These chips or ICs are classified into different categories depending of the type of legs or leads
they have and their function. These components are mounted directly at the specified location on the
copper track of the Printed Circuit Board using Surface Mount Soldering Technology.
