At present, the explosive growth of AI hardware is profoundly reshaping the manufacturing pattern of electronic industry chain, which puts forward higher requirements for PCB manufacturing. With the evolution of electronic products towards miniaturization, precision and high integration, the demand for HDI boards and packaging boards has risen sharply. PCB needs to achieve smaller microporous diameter, narrower pore spacing and millions of microporous density, this poses a severe test to the accuracy, efficiency and consistency of drilling technology.

However, traditional mechanical drilling and common laser drilling processes have approached the limit in efficiency, accuracy and yield, which makes it difficult to take into account high-speed processing and high-precision positioning, it has become a key bottleneck restricting the release of high-end electronic manufacturing capacity. Under this background, the high-precision and high-speed laser processing scheme represented by full-digital scanning oscillating mirror is becoming the key path to promote the efficiency of PCB microporous drilling.

The rapid evolution of AI hardware and semiconductor equipment towards miniaturization and high integration drives PCB manufacturing to face severe challenges of microporous processing. HDI board and packaging substrate require the micropore diameter to be continuously reduced to 60-100 μm or even lower, the pore spacing is continuously compressed, and the micropore density increases by millions. Traditional mechanical drilling and common laser drilling technology gradually touch the bottleneck in efficiency, accuracy and yield, which makes it difficult to give consideration to high-speed processing and high-precision positioning and becomes the key short board restricting high-end electronic manufacturing capacity.

To improve the efficiency of PCB micro-hole drilling, Novanta provides a complete solution based on Lightning II full digital scanning oscillating mirror. This product highly integrates the optimized oscillating mirror motor, drive, lens and software into a single scanning module to achieve excellent performance. Lightning II oscillating mirror adopts 24-bit low drift coding technology, and with ScanMaster controller, 24-bit command resolution can be used to achieve higher scanning and positioning accuracy. The Novanta laser drilling scanning solution can improve the overall drilling speed and accuracy by increasing the laser peak power and optimizing the coordination between the laser and scanner.

From 14:00 to 15:00 on October 15, 2026, senior application engineers in Novanta will focus on interpreting Lightning II all-digital oscillating mirror solutions for participants, and share its practical application cases of high-speed drilling in AI hardware manufacturing. During the live broadcast, there is a question-and-answer session. You can interact with speakers online on related technical issues. At the same time, you have the opportunity to participate in the lottery and win exquisite gifts.