Flexible Electronics Fabrication for Missile Wiring Interconnects

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (DPC) ◽  
pp. 001096-001114
Author(s):  
Michael R. Whitley ◽  
Tracy D. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Flexible Electronics ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Polyimide Films ◽  
Passive Components ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Ink Jet

The increased usage of unmanned aerial vehicles has driven the desire for smaller and lighter missile bodies. The wiring harnesses required to connect the missile subsystems constitute a significant portion of the missile weight and cost. We have been exploring the development of flexible electronics substrates manufactured using ink jet technology on polyimide films. This technology has an advantage over traditional flex circuit manufacturing because in addition to creating traditional wiring patterns the ink jet technology enables the creation of passive components such as resistors and capacitors. The Dimatix DMP-2831 ink jet system uses individually controllable piezoelectric driven MEMS nozzles to precisely deposit nanoparticle inks. These inks are then annealed to form wiring patterns. We will present the process for converting traditional printed circuit board data formats to inkjet printable data, the process for depositing the ink, annealing and testing.

Magnetic Emission Mapping for Passive Integrated Components Characterisation

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Crépel ◽  
Y. Bouttement ◽  
P. Descamps ◽  
C. Goupil ◽  
P. Perdu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Magnetic Sensors ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Magnetic Disturbance ◽  
Passive Components ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Integrated Inductor ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract We developed a system and a method to characterize the magnetic field induced by circuit board and electronic component, especially integrated inductor, with magnetic sensors. The different magnetic sensors are presented and several applications using this method are discussed. Particularly, in several semiconductor applications (e.g. Mobile phone), active dies are integrated with passive components. To minimize magnetic disturbance, arbitrary margin distances are used. We present a system to characterize precisely the magnetic emission to insure that the margin is sufficient and to reduce the size of the printed circuit board.

Ink Jet Printing for Direct Mask Deposition in Printed Circuit Board Fabrication

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 050304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Kai Hsiao ◽  
Stephen D. Hoath ◽  
Graham D. Martin ◽  
Ian M. Hutchings
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Ink Jet Printing ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Ink Jet ◽  
Jet Printing

A Novel Discrete Passives Integration on Organic Substrate

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasudivan Sunappan ◽  
Chee Wai Lu ◽  
Lai Lai Wai ◽  
Wei Fan ◽  
Boon Keng Lok
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Organic Substrate ◽  
Temperature Cycling ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Electrical Performance ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Bottom Surface ◽  
Passive Components ◽  
Printed Circuit

A novel process has been developed to embed discrete (surface mountable) passive components like capacitors, resistors and inductors using printed circuit board fabrication technology. The process comprises of mounting passive components on top surface of a core PCB (printed circuit board) material using surface mount technology. The passive components mounting were designed in multiple clusters within the PCB. Dielectric sheets are sandwiched between top surface of core PCB and second PCB material for lamination process. A direct interconnection of the passive components to one or more integrated circuits (IC) is further accomplished by mounting the ICs on the bottom surface of the core material in an area directly under the passive components. The close proximity of the embedded passive components such as capacitors to an IC improved electrical performance by providing impedance reduction and resonance suppression at high frequency range. The reliability of solder joints was evaluatedd by temperature cycling test.

Capacitive Fringing Field Moisture Sensors Implemented in Flexible Printed Circuit Board Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert N. Dean ◽  
Michael C. Hamilton ◽  
Michael E. Baginski
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Flexible Electronics ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Sensor Performance ◽  
Fringing Field ◽  
Flexible Printed Circuit ◽  
Cu Foil

Capacitive fringing field sensors are often used in applications where moisture is detected, since the dielectric constant of liquid water is approximately 80 times greater than the dielectric constant of air. Most of these sensors, however, are realized using rigid substrates. Some applications would benefit from using a flexible capacitive fringing field sensor that could be conformally mounted on a nonplanar surface. Flexible printed circuit board technology is a mature commercially available process for manufacturing flexible electronics. This same technology can also be used to realize flexible fringing field moisture sensors where the patterned Cu foil is used for the electrodes and the soldermask coating electrically insulates the electrodes from being electrically shorted by moisture in the detection environment. Sensors were designed and characterized through flat and bending tests in air and in water. The tests demonstrated that bending a sensor over a radius of curvature as small as 13.7 mm had no measurable impact on sensor performance in air or in water. The sensors achieved a 3:1 increase in capacitance when immersed in water compared with in air.

scholarly journals Modeling the Impact of Embedding Passives on Manufacturing System Performance

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandar M. Chincholkar ◽  
Jeffrey W. Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Passive Components ◽  
Electronic Products ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Processing Times ◽  
The Impact

With the miniaturization of electronic products, reducing the size of the printed circuit board that forms the backbone of the product is paramount. Embedding passive components, which otherwise occupy valuable “real estate” atop the printed circuit board, into the printed circuit board substrate itself is one way of achieving this objective. This first part of this paper examines the techniques and advantages of embedding passives. Embedding passives also affects manufacturing system performance, due to a change in the processing sequence and changes to the processing times at resources. The latter portion of this paper describes a design for production tool for understanding the impact of embedding passives on the performance of a manufacturing system.

scholarly journals Influence of powerful electromagnetic pulses on the operation of typical integrated microcontrollers.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
V.A. Vdovin ◽  
◽  
A.A. Geraskin ◽  
P.A. Gorbokonenko ◽  
S.A. Sapetskiy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Pulse ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Electromagnetic Pulses ◽  
Passive Components ◽  
Electric Pulses ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Logic Operations ◽  
Electrical Impulses

The effects arising in an integrated microchip (IC) of a microcontroller (MC) performing test logic operations under the action of powerful electrical impulses are investigated. The IC MC STM8S003 was chosen as a typical microcontroller. The exposure was carried out by electric pulses with an electric field strength of up to 20 kV/cm and a duration of 6 ns. It is shown that impulse influences can lead to logical failures when performing IC MC logical operations, the effectiveness of the influence depends not only on the parameters of the electromagnetic pulse, but also on the specific operation performed during which it occurred. The repetition rate of electromagnetic pulses up to 1 kHz does not significantly affect the type of failures of the IC MC. The supply voltage of the IC MC affects its stability; to create a failure, an increase in the amplitude of the electromagnetic pulse is required with an increase in the supply voltage. Passive components of a printed circuit board are more susceptible to electromagnetic influences than IC MC.

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