Words of Advice: What are Your Biggest Problems Related to Flex Design?

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In a recent survey, we asked the following question: What are your biggest problems related to flex design? Here are a few of the answers, edited slightly for clarity.

1. We are lagging in technology.
2. None…design them correctly!
3. Stress cracking in FPC ZIF fingers.
4. We need to work more closely with our FPC fab vendors.
5. Signal integrity of signal paths through the flex and rigid parts of the PCB.

10/01/2019 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

If you’re new to flex design, you might want to check out an online course offered by All Flex, a flex fabricator. The course, Designing Flexible Circuits, was created by John Michael Pierobon. I asked John Michael to discuss his flexible circuit design course, and whether online curriculum can ever replace good old-fashioned live instruction.

09/25/2019 | Mike Creeden, CID+, Insulectro

I recently spoke with Insulectro’s Chris Hunrath and DuPont’s Steven Bowles at the DuPont Technology and Innovation Center in Sunnyvale, California. We discussed a variety of topics related to flex design, including the support structure that’s needed in flex design, the everchanging world of flex materials, and the need for working with a flex fabricator as early as possible in the flex design cycle.

09/19/2019 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

In a recent survey, we asked the following question: What are your biggest design challenges? Here are just a few of the answers, edited slightly for clarity.