LCP, or liquid crystal polymer, is a reasonably brand-new product arising in the flex PCB manufacturing market that is establishing a solid visibility. This special polycarbonate material is very thin (1, 2 and 4 mil cores), flexible circuits, light-weight, and also has extremely low moisture absorption along with a high chemical resistance. LCP additionally has exceptional electrical homes consisting of low loss as well as a steady dielectric constant that make it suitable for high frequency PCB manufacturing and also mm-wave kind applications, particularly those that can gain from the thin, light-weight cores. As a result of its special top quality as well as versatility the demand for LCP is expanding yet much of the fabrication community has restricted experience with the item.
Chief Executive Officer Walt Stender said, “Coast Circuits is presently in the manufacturing management placement with LCP, having started to work with this material before there was also a main specification sheet.”
Jeff Schmitt, supervisor of design solutions, added, “This journey has actually been alonged with countless obstacles. After a complete assessment of these troubles, we are pleased that we were able to become involved with this emerging modern technology due to the fact that it has actually enabled us to aid our customers in methods we can not picture in years prior.”
Schmitt proceeded, “Recently, one of our key defense clients used this product in a major aerospace job that is now increase to production degrees. It is pleasing to be able to provide product to a customer in production amounts with returns as well as intricacies just longed for greater than 7 years earlier when we initially engaged with this client on this one-of-a-kind product platform.”
He went on to note that Coast Circuits has made rigid PCB as well as flex PCB boards for lots of applications from aerospace to semiconductor and also it took a number of man-years of procedure advancement in order to produce complicated multilayer LCP boards with predictable yields.
Interest continues to expand within various market segments for this high performance flexible circuits material, with a boost in production quantities. With several developmental initiatives starting to repay, Coast is coming to be involved with more layouts in advance. Early participation with customers as well as their engineering groups is crucial to minimizing cycle-time enabling very early resolution of issues that can appear as a result of very little LCP encounter. Given that this is an one-of-a-kind material, a good understanding of the obstacles in flex PCB manufacturing could aid enormously in the design phase.
During the past years, Coast has addressed problems for greater than 20 different customers in multiple industries as they transfer to layouts that demand LCP. These projects involved consumers in numerous sectors consisting of defense, aerospace, medical, automobile, semiconductor in addition to a number of universities and also various other research companies.
Coastline seeks to increase this offering to even more clients and also urges those interested in LCP to reach out to further talk about the material as well as its benefits. This is a thrilling time for the sector and this brand-new flexible circuits product and also Coast is well placed to relocate ahead. Contact us for an onsite lunch as well as find out LCP presentation and they will enjoy to discuss years of LCP felt in order to make your PCB makes effective.