Sourcing Flexible Printed Circuits In Today's Market Flexible printed circuits
have become a huge sector in the PCB industry due to the variety of new
applications available for flex technology. Designed from the start for small
form factor applications, flexible printed circuits can fit where rigid PCBs
would not play. Changes in technology and advances in the speed and packaging
requirements of the chips that sit atop PCBs has created a need to move beyond
rigid circuits and transition a great deal of products to flexible printed
circuits Rigid flex
Board.
Available in single sided, double sided, multi layered and
rigid flex circuits. The variety in their applications and functions make them
suitable for new performance requirements. Before getting to the production
stage all designers should make sure they have a solid contract with a supplier
that can provide the quality, cost objectives, specifications, manufacturing and
delivery dates that are required. This is especially true if you are using an
overseas flexible printed circuit manufacturer.
Your flexible printed
circuit board manufacturer should also offer you a guarantee policy that their
products will work very well with your finished product. This goes along way to
providing trust and confidence in their own ability and can create the basis of
a long term relationship between supplier and customer.
Modern equipment
and high tech facilities are required for high quality production of flexible
printed circuits. Review the capital investment plans for your supplier to
ensure they will be able to continue to provide quality and long term
reliability now and into the future. Accreditations and certifications play
important roles in the quality management system of a flexible printed circuit
supplier. They also provide an assurance of quality when your products are in
the hands of your customers.
The design possibilities for flexible
printed circuits are endless Rigid flex
PCB. As technology moves towards a hand held society, the flexible nature of
this type of product opens up whole new avenues that were previously unavailable
for rigid PCBs. They are soft, thin, light and flexible so they work well with
today's small form factor requirements. They provide product designers with the
freedom to use flexible printed circuits in many different ways.
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