Jiangmen flexible circuit board FPC and PCB what are the differences

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is one of the most important components in the electronic industry. Almost every electronic device, from electronic watches and calculators to computers, communication electronics, military weapons systems, as long as there are integrated circuits and other electronic components, for the electrical interconnection between them, printed boards are used. In larger electronic product research, the most fundamental success factor is the design, documentation, and manufacture of the printed board for the product. The design and manufacturing quality of PCB directly affect the quality and cost of the whole product, and even lead to the success or failure of commercial competition.

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The role of the PCB

After electronic equipment adopts printed board, due to the consistency of similar printed board, the error of manual wiring is avoided, and electronic components can be automatically inserted or mounted, automatic soldering, automatic detection, to ensure the quality of electronic equipment, improve labor productivity, reduce cost, and easy maintenance.

The development of the PCB

Printed boards have developed from single layer to double-sided, multi-layer and flexible, and still maintain their own development trends. Due to the continuous development of high precision, high density and high reliability, and constantly reduce the volume, reduce the cost, improve the performance, making the printed board in the future electronic equipment development project, still maintain a strong vitality.

Were reviewed at home and abroad in the future technology development trend of PCB manufacturing is basically consistent, namely to high density, high precision, small aperture, thin wire, small spacing, high reliability, multiple stratification, high-speed transmission, light weight, thin, on the production at the same time to improve productivity, reduce costs, reduce pollution, to adapt to many varieties, small batch production. The technical development level of printed circuit is generally represented by the line width, aperture, and thickness/aperture ratio on the printed board.

conclusion

In recent years, the market of consumer electronic products led by smart phones, tablet computers and other mobile electronic devices has been growing rapidly, and the trend of miniaturization and lightness of devices has become more and more obvious. As a result, traditional PCB has been unable to meet the requirements of the product, so major manufacturers began to study new technologies to replace PCB, and FPC, as the most popular technology, is becoming the main connecting parts of electronic equipment.

In addition, the rapid rise of wearable smart devices, drones and other emerging consumer electronics market has also brought new growth space for FPC flexible circuit board products. At the same time, the trend of display and touch control of all kinds of electronic products also makes FPC flexible circuit board enter a broader application space with the help of small and medium-sized LCD screen and touch screen, and the market demand is growing.

The latest report shows that in the future, flexible electronic technology will drive a trillion market, is an opportunity for China to strive for the leapfrog development of the electronics industry, can become a pillar industry of the country.