Characteristics of flexible circuit boards
I have worked in circuit board field since 2008, my first job was in a FPC factory, here I give some of my experience about FPC .
Advantages of flexible circuit boards
Flexible printed circuit boards are printed circuits made of flexible insulating substrates, and have many advantages that Rigid PCB don't have.
1. It can be bent, wound, and folded freely, can be arbitrarily arranged according to the space layout requirements, and can be moved and expanded in three-dimensional space, so as to achieve the integration of component assembly and wire connection;
2. The use of FPC can greatly reduce the volume and weight of electronic products, which is suitable for the development of electronic products in the direction of high density, miniaturization and high reliability. Therefore, FPC has been widely used in aerospace, military, mobile communications, laptop computers, computer peripherals, PDAs, digital cameras and other fields or products;
3. FPC also has the advantages of good heat dissipation and solderability, easy assembly and low overall cost, etc. The design of Flexible and Rigid combination also makes up for the slight deficiency of the flexible substrate in the component carrying capacity to a certain extent.
- Short assembly time All traces are configured, eliminating the need to connect redundant cables;
- Smaller than PCB (Rigid PCB) It can effectively reduce the product volume and increase the convenience of carrying;
- lighter than PCB (hard board) Can reduce the weight of the final product;
- Thickness is thinner than PCB (hard board) It can improve the softness and strengthen the three-dimensional assembly in a limited space.