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Avoiding Fractured Traces in Flexible Circuit Boards

Avoiding Fractured Traces in Flexible Circuit Boards

Although some customers believe otherwise, PCB Trace suggests that flex circuits are not indestructible. As with any product containing a metal par...

How to design and reinforce the Rigid Flex PCB

How to design and reinforce the Rigid Flex PCB

Rigid Flex PCB is a kind of PCB circuit board that combines soft board and hard board. In terms of design, it is very different from soft board des...

Announcing a Tip to Reduce Cost and Increase Reliability of Your PCBs

Announcing a Tip to Reduce Cost and Increase Reliability of Your PCBs

It’s been concluded that 70% of manufacturing cost is determined by design issues and manufacturing including overhead, material and labor cost onl...

Bending the Flex in Rigid-Flex

Bending the Flex in Rigid-Flex

Increasing distances between rigid areas helps prevent potential damage.   WHEN DESIGNING A rigid-flex that needs to bend 90° in the flex area,...