The historic developing direction - FPC connectors

Author：admin / time：2019-01-21 / The number of clicks：471

Now developing dramatically, the FPC connector is actually an ancient electronic interconnect technology. Back in 1898, there was a miniature FPC connector in the USA and we can check from the UK patent records to learn that long time ago there was a thin-flat conductor circuit made of paraffin paper matrix. After a few years, due to the advancing of the technology, the great inventor, Edison had described of his experience mentioning a similar thin film to print on the thick circuit. Now in the 20th century, the science development personnel noticed the existing value of the flexible electrical interconnect technology and also tried to design and invent the new methods of its application. The actual mass production of the flexible circuit board waited until the latter part of the 20th century, and at that time the FPC technology is still limited to the application of the concentrated circuits layout and connection in the car dashboard.

After that, FPC technology was used in military items which is obviously in the USA. In the 90s, when the Berlin Wall in Germany was still standing and the cold war was not yet over, USA was still relying on the national defense flexible circuit products. So you can tell from these facts that the flexible board has its own development history but not an innovation product created from the modern society.

 

The application of FPC connectors has shifted from the original military items to the consumer electronic market/. And with the trend of things getting lighter, thinner, shorter, smaller, the FPC connectors are continuously innovating in order to keep up with this development. Japan is becoming the pioneer in this field, based on its advantages in technology, quantity & value enabling Japan to be the world leader in the FPC connector market.

 

The development history of FPC connectors has not yet ended. To be honored as the global FPC production base of China worldwide is impacting the FPC connector market locally.

 

China now has accomplished the batch mass production unit in line width / gap which can reach 2~3 mils ( 0.05~0.075mm), the smallest diameter of a hole is 0.05 ~ 0.10 mm. Its technology has gained market approval and praise. The China industries have also expanded the input, the domestic production of the FPC matrix category, quality, output quantity, etc.

 

This great opportunity is promoting FPC connector development. Obviously, the FPC connector industry in every country will not give up easily their market share & they are all focusing on technology innovation.