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    Posted: 17 Jun 2019 at 8:16am
Can anyone answer this question please? what is smallest via hole that can use  +/- 3 mils tolerance?
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0.20 mm (8 mils) However, there are high quality fabrication shops that say they can do 0.15 mm (6 mils). 

The big issue is the pad annular ring. 

The fab shop will add 3 - 4 mils to the finished hole size. 

Then you must consider drill drift and layer to layer tolerance of 3 mil. 

Then after the drill oversize and the layer to layer tolerance you still need to have 1 mil annular ring. 

IPC Class 3
Hole = 8 mil (0.20 mm)
Pad = 20 mil (0.50 mm)

IPC Class 2
Hole = 8 mil (0.20 mm)
Pad = 18 mil (0.45 mm)

The via hole tolerance would be +0, - the hole diameter

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