Product category: Design Services
News Release from: UK CAM | Subject: Flex circuit design
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 July 2005
Design issues for flex circuit
manufacturers
Nik Vyas from UK CAM looks at some of the constraints in the "black art" of flexible circuit design.
It has been known for many years and noticed more recently (due to the more complex and technologically advanced printed circuit boards) that PCB manufacturers will invariably need to "reverse engineer" a PCB design so that it can be manufactured to any degree of efficiency and/or reliability This is particularly the case for flexible (flex) circuit boards, primarily because it is seen as a "black art" by many
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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In all cases the rules applied to rigid board design should be applied to flex circuit design, but with the following simple additions.
The use of a paper doll or mockup is helpful to determine flex l