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Oki Electric Cable Develops Industry's First FPC For Three-dimension Wiring

- Maintains desired shape to fit in chassis or other embedded space -[Reference]

Sales plan for 3D FPC

Samples available from:
June 11, 2008
Sales target:
10,000 cables/ month (when volume production)
Sales price:
Depends on specification

Major features

  1. Enable 3D wiring: Possible to form arbitrary shapes
  2. FPC structure: Two-sided FPC
  3. FPC thickness: Min 110µm
  4. Strength to keep shape: Over 500mN(Newton)
Category Specification
Length (max) 500mm
Width (max) 230mm
Thickness (min) 110µm
Coductor width (closest) 50µm
Layer structure 2 layers (two-sided)
Base material Copper foil: 18µm, Substrate (new): from 40µm
Insulating material Coverlay (Polyimide), Ink (epoxy system, polyimide system)
Surface Gold plate, solder plate, etc.

Example of 3D FPC

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