Multi Layer Flexible Circuits

Multi Layer Flexible Circuits

When to Use Multilayer Flex Circuits

  • Shielding applications
  • Increased circuit density
  • Dense surface mount assembly
  • Ground & power plane applications
  • Controlled impedance with shielding

Required when circuit density and layout preclude routing on a single layer

  • Multi-Layer Flex Circuit Features
  • EMI/RFI shielding
  • Up to eight conductive layers
  • Controlled impedance with shielding
  • Compatible with the use of resistive foils like Cupronickel & Constantan

Multi Layer Flex

A multi layer flexible circuit board is a flexible circuit board with multi-layer conductive circuits. It consists of multiple conductive layers (usually copper foil) and insulating layers alternately stacked, and the required circuit pattern is formed through processes such as etching.

A multi layer flex circuit combines several single-sided or double sided circuits with complex interconnections, shielding, and surface mounted technologies in a multi layer design. The multi layers may or may not be continuously laminated together throughout the production process. Continuous lamination may be inappropriate if your design needs require maximum flexibility. Multi layer circuits are an effective solution when confronted with design challenges such as unavoidable crossovers, specific impedance requirements, elimination of crosstalk, additional shielding, and high component density.

Compared with traditional single layer or double layer flexible circuit boards, multi layer flexible circuit boards can achieve more complex circuit designs in the same area, increasing wiring density and circuit functions. This structure enables multi layer flexible circuit boards to meet the requirements of modern electronic equipment for miniaturization, high integration, and high performance.

The characteristics of multi layer flexible circuit boards include a high degree of bendability, allowing it to adapt to various complex shapes and space constraints; good conductivity and signal transmission characteristics to ensure the stability and reliability of the circuit; and lighter weight and thin design to help reduce the overall weight and volume of the device.

Multi layer flexible circuit boards are widely used in smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, automotive electronics, medical equipment, aerospace, and other fields. They are used in these areas to connect electronic components, transmit signals and power, and provide critical support for the proper operation of equipment.

With the continuous development of electronic technology, the demand for multi layer flexible circuit boards is also growing. It may continue to develop towards higher performance, smaller size, and more flexibility in the future.

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Flexible Circuits, Rigid Flex, Flexible Heaters, Flat Flex Cables, Membrane Switches, Plastic Moldings, Assemblies, Product Module Builds to Complete Product Box Builds.

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As a connecting device, compared with traditional wiring and rigid boards, the main advantages of flexible circuits include:

  • Reduce wiring errors
  • Eliminate mechanical connectors
  • Unparalleled design flexibility
  • Higher circuit density
  • More stable operating temperature range
  • Stronger signal quality
  • Improved reliability and impedance control
  • Reduced size and weight

Flexible printed circuits have many benefits, including:

Reduce assembly errors

With precise design and automated production, flexible circuits eliminate human error in handmade wiring harnesses. Except for production-caused errors, the circuit is only routed to those points required by the accurate design plan.

Reduce assembly time and cost

Flexible circuits require less manual labor and reduce production errors during the assembly process. Flexible circuits have the inherent ability to integrate form, assembly, and function. Flexible circuits eliminate the high cost of wiring, winding, and welding wires. Install or replace a complete interconnection system instead of a separate hard PC board. As a result, wiring errors are eliminated and manufacturing costs are reduced. Whether it is small scale production of complex circuits or large scale production of simple circuits, assembly time and cost will be reduced.

Design freedom

Unlike rigid boards, flexible circuits are not limited to two dimensions. Since they are as flexible as wires or ribbon cables, the options for flexible circuit design are endless. At flexible circuits, we are proud to be able to meet the most complex design challenges. The design of flexible circuits can meet highly complex and unimaginable configurations while being able to operate in the harshest environments. Flexible circuit design may require any of the following:

  • Highly complex configuration
  • Withstand harsh operating environments
  • Single and double combination
  • Complex interconnection
  • Shield
  • Rigidity/Flexibility
  • Surface mount equipment
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Flexibility during installation

Flexible circuits allow the use of a third dimension because they can be interconnected between two or more planes during execution. Therefore, they solve space and weight issues that rigid boards cannot match. Flexible circuits can be operated multiple times during installation and execution without electronic failure.

High density applications

Flexible circuits allow extremely narrow lines, giving way to high-density device clusters. Dense device counts and lighter conductors can be designed into products, freeing up space for other product features.

Improve airflow

Due to its streamlined design, flex circuits allow cooling air to flow through electronic applications.

Increase heat dissipation

Flexible circuits allow for shorter thermal paths due to their large surface area to volume ratio and compact design. Additionally, the thinner design of the flex circuit allows heat to dissipate from both sides of the circuit.

Improve system reliability

In the past, most circuit failures occurred at interconnection points. Flexible circuit designs can reduce interconnections, thereby increasing circuit reliability.

Point-to-point line replacement

Depending on the number of point-to-point connections in a circuit design, at Flexible Circuits, we guarantee that a single flex circuit can be designed and built to eliminate many, if not all, of these interconnections. At Flex Circuits, “We go where others don’t go.”

Reliability and durability

In designs with moving parts, flexible circuits can move and bend up to 500 million times without failure. Polyimide’s excellent thermal stability also enables circuits to withstand extremely hot applications. The thermal stability of polyimide provides a better foundation for surface mounting than rigid boards. Because a compliant base film places less stress on the solder joint, thermal mismatch is less likely to occur.

repeatable route

Our circuits are made from accurate reproductions of artworks with superior manufacturing consistency. Etched circuitry replaces soldering and hand-wiring connections to rigid boards, eliminating wiring errors.

Simplified circuit geometry

Flex circuit technology places surface mount electronics directly on the circuit, simplifying the overall design. Complex patterns that are nearly impossible to achieve using rigid circuit boards can be easily achieved in flexible circuits.

Package size and weight reduction

Multiple systems on a rigid board create more weight and utilize more space. Flexible circuits contain the thinnest dielectric substrates. The thinness allows for a streamlined design, eliminating the need for bulky rigid panels. Elasticity and flexibility can reduce package size. In addition to reducing package size, reducing package weight is another benefit. As the demands of the electronics industry continue to increase, weight reduction allows flexible circuits to remain very competitive.

In summary, if you have flex circuit design or flex printed circuit board needs, we can help.

Multi Layer Flex Applications

Before designing a circuit, it is important to understand two basic structural applications and decide on conductor selection:

 

Static application

Flex circuit bending is only used in applications where the circuit is mounted and installed into its application (also known as flex installation or flex installation). Static applications are typically performed using less expensive electroplated (ED) copper.

Dynamic bending applications

A situation where the flexible circuit itself bends dynamically (repeatedly) during actual use of the final product. Common examples include flip phones, laptops, printer heads, and robotic arms. Dynamic applications require the use of roll annealed (RA) copper.

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The benefits of flexible circuits are realized in most applications requiring high volume flexing and/or a high degree of accuracy. Some common applications include:

  • Airbag systems
  • Automotive engine controls
  • Antilock brakes
  • Avionics
  • Bar code equipment
  • Battery packs
  • Calculators
  • Cameras
  • Cell phones
  • Heart monitors and pacemakers
  • Fuel pumps
  • Hearing aids
  • Printers
  • Motion systems
  • GPS systems
  • Satellites

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Multi Layer Flex Materials

Before designing a circuit, it is important to understand two basic structural applications and decide on conductor selection:

 

Static application

Flex circuit bending is only used in applications where the circuit is mounted and installed into its application (also known as flex installation or flex installation). Static applications are typically performed using less expensive electroplated (ED) copper.

Dynamic bending applications

A situation where the flexible circuit itself bends dynamically (repeatedly) during actual use of the final product. Common examples include flip phones, laptops, printer heads, and robotic arms. Dynamic applications require the use of roll annealed (RA) copper.

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Conductors

Copper is the most widely used conductor and comes in various thicknesses to meet each customer’s requirements. Conductor options include:

  • Rolled annealed (RA) copper
  • Electro deposited (ED) copper
  • Aluminum
  • Carbon
  • Silver ink
  • Inconel®
  • Constantan

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Adhesives

Adhesive selection depends on customer needs and conductor thickness. Common adhesives include:

  • Epoxy
  • Acrylic
  • Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSAs)
  • Adhesiveness (base material)

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Insulators

Flexible substrate (base) and coverlay materials are available in a variety of thicknesses and from several manufacturers. Common insulators include:

  • Polyimide
  • Polyester, Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
  • Solder mask
  • Flexible solder mask
  • Photo image-able coverlay (PIC)
  • Screen printed dielectric

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Surface treatment

The final finish depends on each customer’s assembly requirements and application of the finished product. Common surface treatments include:

  • Solder (tin, lead, or RoHS compliant)
  • Tin
  • Immersion Nickel/Gold
  • Hard Nickel/Gold
  • Solderable wire gold
  • Organic: Enter Organic Solderability Preservative (OSP)
  • Silver
  • Carbon

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flexible printed circuit manufacturers Products Pre-Production

Shanyo’s in the production process, to prevent too many open and short circuits caused by low yield or reduce drilling, calendering, cutting, and other rough process problems caused by the FPC board scrap, replenishment problems, and assess how to choose the material to achieve the best results for customers to use the flexible circuit boards, pre-production pre-processing is very important.

Pre-production pre-processing needs to deal with three aspects, these three aspects are completed by engineers.

  • FPC board engineering assessment, the company’s production capacity to meet customer board requirements and unit costs.

  • Engineering assessment through, immediately preparing materials to meet the raw material supply of each production process.

  • Engineer customer’s CAD structural drawings, Gerber line data, and other engineering documents to deal with, to suit the production environment and production specifications of the production equipment.

  • Production drawings MI (engineering process card) and other information are delegated to the production department and various departments such as clerical control, procurement, etc., into the regular production process.

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Printed Circuit Flexible PRODUCT DETAIL

NO.ItemSpeci.
1Layers1~32
2Board thickness0.1mm-7.0mm
3MaterialFR-4,CEM-1/CEM-3,Pl, High Tg, Rogers
4Max panel size32"x48"(800mmx1200mm)
5Min hole size0.075mm
6Min line width3mil(0.075mm)
7Surface finishOSP, HASL, Imm Gold/Nickel/Ag, Electric gold
8Copper thickness0.5-7.00Z
9SoldermaskGreen/Yellow/Black/White/Red/Blue
10SilkscreenRed/Yellow/Black/White
11Min PADRed/Yellow/Black/White
12Inter packageVacuum
13Outer packageCarton
14Outline tolerance±0.075mm
15Hole tolerancePTH:±0.05 NPTH:±0.025
16CertificateISO 9001,ISO14001,IATF16949
17Special requestBlind hole+Gold finger + BGA

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Flexible Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers Production Process

Double-side plate system

Open material → Drilling → PTH → Plating → Pre-treatment → Dry film → Alignment → Exposure → Development → Graphic plating → Stripping → Pre-treatment → Dry film → Alignment → Exposure → Development → Etching → Stripping → Surface treatment → Overlay film → Pressing → Curing → Immersion of nickel and gold → Printing of characters → Cutting → Electrical testing → Punching → Final inspection → Packing → Shipments

Flexible Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers Production Process

Double-side plate system

Open material → Drilling → PTH → Plating → Pre-treatment → Dry film → Alignment → Exposure → Development → Graphic plating → Stripping → Pre-treatment → Dry film → Alignment → Exposure → Development → Etching → Stripping → Surface treatment → Overlay film → Pressing → Curing → Immersion of nickel and gold → Printing of characters → Cutting → Electrical testing → Punching → Final inspection → Packing → Shipments

China Flexible Printed Circuit Board Basic Structure

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Common single panel structure diagram

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Common double sided laminated composition
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Hollow plate composition

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The combination of soft and hard plate composition

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Multi-layer board structure diagram

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The substrate generates a double sided laminated composition

Copper Film

The copper film is divided into electrolytic copper and rolled copper. The common thicknesses are 1oz 1/2oz and 1/3 oz.
Substrate Film: Common thicknesses are 1 mil and 1/2 mil.
Glues: Thickness depends on the customer’s requirement.

Cover Film

Cover Film: For surface insulation. Common thicknesses are 1mil and 1/2mil.
Glues: Thickness depends on the customer’s requirement.
Release Paper: To avoid foreign matter from adhesive before pressing; to facilitate the work.

PI Stiffener Film

PI Stiffener Film: Reinforces the mechanical strength of the FPC and facilitates the surface mounting process. Common thicknesses range from 3mil to 9mil.
Glues: Thickness depends on the customer’s requirement.
Glues (Adhesives): To avoid adhesive from sticking to foreign objects before pressing.
EMI: Electromagnetic shielding film protects the circuit board circuit from outside (a strong electromagnetic area or susceptible to interference area) interference.

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Flexible Printed Circuits FPC Advantages

FPC is a printed circuit made of flexible insulating substrate, with many advantages that rigid printed circuit boards do not have:

  • can be free to bend, coil, and fold, according to the requirements of the spatial layout of any arrangement, and in three-dimensional space, arbitrary movement, and expansion, to achieve the integration of component assembly and wire connection;
  • The use of FPC can greatly reduce the volume and weight of electronic products, applicable electronic products to high-density, miniaturization, and high reliability in the direction of development needs. Therefore, FPC in aerospace, military, mobile communications, laptop computers, computer peripherals, PDA, digital cameras, and other fields or products have been widely used;
  • FPC also has good heat dissipation and solderability as well as easy to install and connect, has a lower overall cost, and has other advantages.
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  • We are a Professional Metal dome manufacturer, we have our own factory, and we are based in Qingdao, China, Shanyo Precision Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of mobile phones and digital product components. It was established in 2004 and has more than 200 employees. The main business is applied in consumer electronics, remote controls, mobile phones, automobiles, medical care, smart products, outdoor products, etc. The main products are metal dome array, Remote control buttons, die cutting, LGF, UV bumps, FPC, panel buttons, PCB lines, thin film flexible lines, etc. The Qingdao factory covers an area of more than 3,500 square meters. Currently, it has offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore, fully implementing the global marketing strategy. sell to Southern Europe (10.00%), Domestic Market (10.00%), Northern Europe (10.00%), Central America (10.00%), Western Europe (10.00%), Eastern Europe (10.00%), South America (10.00%), North America (10.00%), South Asia (5.00%), Southeast Asia (5.00%), Eastern Asia (3.00%), Oceania (3.00%), Mid East (2.00%), Africa (2.00%). There are a total of about 51-100 people in our office.
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