What is a Rigid Flex PCB?
Rigid-Flex printed circuit boards are designed to provide solutions, and act as replacements for rigid PCBs. As the name suggests, these circuit boards are a hybrid of flex and rigid circuits. The advantage of this type is that they exhibit the benefits of both rigid as well as flexible circuit boards.
YMS Rigid Flex PCB manufacturing capabilities overview | ||
Feature | capabilities | |
Layer Count | 2-20L | |
Rigid-Flex Thickness | 0.3mm-5.0mm | |
PCB thickness in flex section | 0.08-0.8mm | |
copper Thickness | 1/4OZ-10OZ | |
Minimum line Width and Space | 0.05mm/0.05mm(2mil/2mil) | |
Stiffeners | Stainless steel,PI, FR4 ,Aluminum etc. | |
Material | Polyimide Flex+FR4,RA copper, HTE copper, polyimide, adhesive,Bondply | |
Min mechanical Drilled Size | 0.15mm(6mil) | |
Min laser Holes Size: | 0.075mm(3mil) | |
Surface Finish | Suitable Microwave/RF PCB urface finishes: Electroless Nickel, Immersion Gold, ENEPIG, Lead free HASL,Immersion Silver.etc. | |
Solder Mask | Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Black, Purple, Matte Black, Matte green.etc. | |
Covrelay (Flex Part) | Yellow Coverlay, WhiteCoverlay,Black Coverlay |
Common-Used FPC Stiffener Thickness | ||
Stiffener Material | Usual Thickness | Unusual Thickness |
FR-4 | 0.2mm(8mil) | 0.1mm(4mil) |
0.3mm(12mil) | 0.9mm(35mil) | |
0.4mm(16mil) | 1.1mm(43mil) | |
0.5mm(20mil) | 1.3mm(51mil) | |
0.6mm(24mil) | 1.4mm(55mil) | |
0.7mm(28mil) | 1.6mm(63mil) | |
0.8mm(32mil) | ||
1.0mm(39mil) | ||
1.2mm(47mil) | ||
1.5mm(59mil) | ||
Polyimide (PI) | 0.1mm(4mil), | 0.075mm(3mil) |
0.15mm(6mil), | 0.125mm(5mil) | |
0.2mm(8mil), | 0.175mm(7mil) | |
0.25mm(10mil) | 0.225mm(9mil) | |
0.275mm(11mil) | ||
Stainless Steel | 0.1mm(4mil) | 0.45mm(18mil) |
0.15mm(6mil) | ||
0.2mm(8mil) | ||
0.25mm(10mil) | ||
0.3mm(12mil) | ||
0.35mm(mil) | ||
0.4mm(16mil) | ||
0.5mm(20mil) | ||
1.5mm(59mil) |