PCB Tech - Factors affecting the price of flexible circuit boards

This article is about the introduction of circuit board manufacturers sharing the factors affecting the price of FPC flexible circuit boards

Service Introduction of reputable circuit board manufacturers Compared with ordinary circuit boards, flexible circuit boards have great advantages. Therefore, many people are willing to choose Rongxin circuit boards as the basic materials for the design of electronic products. However, circuit board manufacturers have found that due to many reasons, the price of flexible circuit boards will fluctuate. For users who use this product, it is obvious that they will first pay attention to the price problem, and the factors that affect the price of flexible circuit boards are as follows several aspects.

One, the different materials used in flexible circuit boards cause the diversity of prices

Introduction of circuit board manufacturers Take ordinary double-sided boards as an example. The sheet materials generally include PET, PI, etc., and the thickness of the board is very different. The copper thickness is also different from 1/2Oz to 3Oz, so the price is different. Circuit board manufacturers also found that different brands of materials also have a certain price difference, and the materials generally include PI, FCCl copper foil reinforcement materials and auxiliary materials (NC backing board blackened copper plating packaging materials, etc.).

Second, the price diversity caused by the difficulty of the flexible circuit board itself

The circuit board manufacturer introduced that even if the materials and processes are the same, the different difficulty of the flexible circuit board itself will cause different costs. For example, the size, density, and line width of the aperture will cause different production costs, because the difficult board has a higher scrap rate, which will increase the economic input and cause the price to rise.

Three, the price diversity caused by different flexible circuit board manufacturers

The supply of circuit board manufacturers with stable performance introduces that even if the same product is used, different PCB manufacturers will have different costs due to different process equipment and technical levels. Circuit board manufacturers find that many PCB manufacturers like to produce gold-plated boards because of the simple process and low cost. However, some PCB manufacturers take into account the scrap rate and other issues to produce tin-sprayed boards or tin-plated boards, so their quotations for tin-sprayed boards are instead comparable. The gold plate is low.

The above are several aspects of the factors that affect the price of flexible circuit boards introduced by circuit board manufacturers, in addition to the diversity of prices caused by regional differences. According to the introduction of circuit board manufacturers, in terms of geographical location in China, the price is increasing from south to north, and there are certain differences in prices in different regions. The prices are also different.