- Thick-film polyester circuits are more flexible
- (2001-12-11)
- Thick-film polyester circuits are more flexible
- In2tec is supporting the trend towards replacing hard-substrate PCBs with flexible thick-film polyester circuits, delivering a
number of benefits.
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- Date: 11 December 2001
- Product information from: In2tec
- Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK
- Telephone: +44 1536 419200
- E-Mail In2tec for more information
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- Subject:
- Flexible thick-film polyester circuits
- In2tec is supporting the trend towards replacing hard-substrate PCBs with flexible thick-film polyester circuits, delivering a
number of benefits.
- Most important from a design standpoint is the ability flexible circuits have in following a free flow curve, thus minimising
front surface design restrictions.
- Cost is another important factor.
- Polyester substrates provide significant material cost saving versus conventional FR4 copper board or flexible Kapton
technology.
- Also, the ability to be extremely low profile and flexible means that by using polyester circuits manufacturing costs for
complete front panel assembly can be reduced, as all components are provided on one circuit, eliminating the need for
holes, soldering and mounting.
- More, flexible circuit technology can reduce the necessity for additional flying leads, thereby reducing board to board
connector requirements by as much as 50%.
- Flexible polyester substrates weigh significantly less than their copper based counterparts and can reduce the need for
additional daughterboards.
- Finally, taking environmental issues into consideration, conductive adhesive technology used on polyester substrates allows
a lead-free manufacturing process to be employed.
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