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Flexible Circuits for High Technology Applications

Are you involved in:

• Cellular Phones
• Pagers
• Antennas
• Base Stations
• Battery Packs
• Fixed Line Telephony
• PDAs
• Satellite Systems
• Undersea Transmissions
• Keyboards, etc

So are we:

Teknoflex brings broad ranging technologies and capabilities to this important and globally integrated industry sector.

The phenomenal growth in portable equipment has driven the impetus to package more and more technology into smaller and lighter devices.

At the same time global competition has demanded low cost production particularly in the high volume applications.

The advent of multi-functional, portable devices, 3G, Bluetooth and Broadband etc, is placing even greater pressure on weight, mass and cost reduction and the technology of flexible circuits can contribute in all respects.

Our high volume Reel to Reel manufacturing capability ensures that costs are minimised whilst repeatability and quality are maximised.

The ability to supply circuits to our customers in a Reel to Reel form enables mechanised downstream assembly to be utilised thereby further enhancing productivity and minimising cost.

Benefits

The benefits of flexible circuits compared with conventional wiring and rigid PCBs include:

• Light Weight
• Low mass
• Reliability
• Repeatability
• Cost Effectiveness
• Automated Assembly, etc

These are but a few of the advantages on offer to the designer.

For example, wherever two electrically interconnected features are required to move relative to one another, e.g. mouth and ear-piece in a flip phone, there is a need for a flexible circuit.

Similarly the increasing complexity of "smart antennas" with multiple bandwidths and containing associated components and their interconnection is an obvious application for flexible circuits. These and similar products can be manufactured, assembled and folded into very small and lightweight packages.