Flexible circuits enhance design options

A Minco product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Aug 1, 2008

Designers can have virtually unlimited freedom of electronic packaging geometries while retaining the precision density and repeatability of printed circuits.

Minco produces a complete line of flexible etch circuits designed to fill the gap between round wiring and printed circuit boards.

Designers can have virtually unlimited freedom of electronic packaging geometries while retaining the precision density and repeatability of printed circuits.

A single flex circuit can replace several hardboards, cables and connectors, saving up to 75% of the space and weight of traditional wiring.

They fit only one way, so manufacturers see highly repeatable routing paths in their assemblies.

This eliminates wire routing errors and reduces testing, rework and rejects.

Minco flexible circuits are ideal in harsh environments.

Encased in polyimide, this dielectric layer protects the wiring and connectors far better than soldermasks.

They are thin and robust to withstand thousands to millions of flexing cycles without breaking.

This reduces maintenance and downtime.

And their high ductility and low mass withstands high vibrations and accelerations, making them ideal for high-reliability applications.

Different styles of flex circuits offer different advantages and benefits.

In addition to simpler, single layer flex circuits, Minco can design and manufacture double layer, multilayer, multilayer with no plated through-holes, rigid flex, Flex-Coils and integrated flex circuits that incorporate sensors or Thermofoil flexible heaters.

In addition to a wide number of flex circuit styles, Minco offers many flex circuit design options including rigid-flex hybrid circuits, stiffeners, factory-forming, wave solder carriers, pins, coils, shielding, special electronics populations, selective bonding and integral connectors, heaters and sensors.