Conventional Rigid Printed Circuits Boards are most commonly made from a glass-reinforced epoxy laminate material known as FR4. These boards can be one-sided, double-sided, or multilayered with multiple copper trace layers separated by insulating layers, enabling more complex electronic circuits. Utilized across diverse electronic devices, from consumer electronics to industrial machines and aerospace applications.
HDI Printed Circuit Boards have high-density attributes, including laser microvias, sequential lamination structures, fine lines, and high-performance thin materials. This increased density enables more functions per unit area. Advanced technology HDI PCBs have multiple layers of copper-filled stacked microvias, which creates a structure that allows even more complex interconnections. These complex structures provide the necessary routing and signal integrity solutions for today's large pin-count, fine pitch, and high-speed chips in high technology products.
RF/Microwave Circuits are especially difficult to design compared to traditional PCB layouts. RF/microwave signals are highly sensitive to the impact of noise, crosstalk, and power. RF/microwave Circuits' fabrication normally requires special manufacturing equipment and technologies that exceed those of standard FR-4 materials.
Rigid-Flex Printed Circuit Boards are designed and built in 3D. This enables them to be tailor-made for the device in which they’ll be used. Rigid-flex PCBs are also lighter in nature as they don’t require connectors. These complex PCBs are utilized in critical applications such as aerospace and medical devices.
Flexible printed circuit boards are a rising favorite due to their ability to be bent, twisted, or folded to fit their electronic device. Rather than placing printed circuits and electronic components on a rigid substrate, these elements are placed on a flexible one – mostly Polyimide film. Flex PCBs can be single- or double-sided as well as multi-layered. These boards are often used in automotive applications, medical devices, and cameras.
