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I heard one of our Applications Engineers describe our product as “making sandwiches”. It is a pretty good metaphor as it helps visualize a cross section of a printed circuit with several layers of dissimilar materials. Most flexible circuits and PCB’s have multiple...

In the right application, flexible circuits can reduce wires, eliminate connectors and rigid circuits. They might also simplify component assembly and reduce wiring errors. But competitive products such as rigid circuits, wires and connectors also have their place in...

It is common for many designers and engineers to think of a flexible circuit design as a printed circuit board (PCB) that can bend. While it is true that both PCBs perform the same electrical function, the structural and mechanical differences are significant, and not...

The most common methods for component attachment on flexible circuits and rigid printed circuit boards involve soldering. The basic principles for soldering are the same for both flex and hard board, but soldering components to flexible circuits involves certain...

Flexible circuits are ideal for applications that require bending and twisting. This flexibility gives designers options that are not available with the typical printed circuit board. This does not mean that a flexible copper trace will never crack, as like most...

Mating with Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) connectors is an increasingly...

The benefits of flexible circuits, which are explained below, are plentiful. From solving packaging problems to amazing thermal management, All Flex flexible circuits are designed with the customer in mind. See how you can benefit from a flex circuit click here to...

The circuit traces of a flexible PCB often needs a dielectric covering to selectively protect the traces from shorting against a conductive surface or to prevent select areas from subsequent metal coating or plating operations. The dielectric will have openings that...

One of the great features of a flexible PCB is that it can come in just about any shape or size. The final shape is defined when the completed circuit pattern is removed from the base substrate. Flex circuits are either fabricated in sheets or in rolls. There are a...