Brief Introduction of FPC
Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPC) is referred to as "soft board". In the industry, FPC is a
Printed circuit board made of flexible insulating substrate (mainly polyimide or polyester
Film), which has many advantages that rigid printed circuit boards do not have. for example,
It can be freely bent, wound, folded. the volume of electronic products can be greatly reduced
by using FPC, 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 communication, laptop, computer peripherals, PDA, digital
Camera and other fields or products.

FPC also has the advantages of good heat dissipation,
Solderability, easy mounting and low cost.

Flexible printed circuit board has one layer, two layers and multilayer board. the base material
Is polyimide clad laminate. this kind of material has high heat resistance and good dimensional
Stability. It is the final product through pressing with the coating film which has both mechanical
Protection and good electrical insulation. the surface and inner conductors of double-sided and
Multi-layer printed circuit boards are metallized to realize the electrical connection of inner and
Outer layers.

the function of flexible circuit board can be divided into four kinds, namely, lead line, printed
Circuit, connector and multifunction integrated system, which cover computer, computer
Peripheral auxiliary system, consumer household electrical appliance and automobile, etc.



FPC Case: Multilayer Rigid Flexible PCB 3 Layer FPC
Polyimide at 1.0mm Thick with Immersion Gold
(Flexible printed circuits are custom-made products, the picture and parameters shown
Are just for reference)


General description
this is a type of 3 layers rigid flexible circuits for the application of Portable WiFi Router.
the base laminate is from ITEQ, It's fabricated per IPC 6012 Class 2 using supplied
Gerber data.


Parameter and data sheet

Size of Flexible PCB	39.28 X 15.47mm
Number of Layers	3
Board Type	Rigid  Flexible PCB
Board Thickness	1.0mm
Board Material	1.0mm FR-4 / Polyimide 25m
Board Material Supplier	ITEQ
Tg Value of Board Material	60
PTH Cu thickness	20 m
Inner Iayer Cu thicknes	35 m
Surface Cu thickness	35 m
Coverlay Colour	Yellow coverlay / Green solder mask
Number of Coverlay	2
Thickness of Coverlay	25 m
Stiffener Material	no
Stiffener Thickness	n/a
Type of Silkscreen Ink	IJR-4000 MW300
Supplier of Silkscreen	TAIYO
Color of Silkscreen	White
Number of Silkscreen	1
Peeling test of Coverlay	No peelable
Legend Adhesion	3M 90 No peeling after Min. 3 times test
Surface Finish	Immersion Gold
Thickness of Nickle/Gold	Au: 0.03m(Min.); Ni 2-4m
RoHS Required	Yes
Famability	94-V0
Thermal Shock Test	Pass, -25125, 1000 cycles.
Thermal Stress	Pass, 3005,10 seconds, 3 cycles. No delamination, no Blistering.
Function	100% Pass electrical test
Workmanship	Compliance with IPC-A-600H & IPC-6013C Class 2

Features and benefits
Excellent flexibility
Reducing the volume
Weight reduction
Consistency of assembly
Increased reliability
Controllability of electrical parameter design
the end can be whole soldered
Material optionality
Low cost
Continuity of processing
Professional and experienced engineers
High technology


Application
Capacitive touch screen / panel, industrial surveying and mapping instrument, consumer
ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) soft board


Variety of PCBs


Solder mask exposure