Flex and Rigid-Flex Circuit Assemblies

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FLEX, RIGID-FLEX, AND RIGID PCB Design Options

STANDARD DESIGN OPTIONS

Integrated Flex / Rigid-flex assemblies

Properly designed flex and rigid-flex assemblies offer significant space and weight savings compared to wire harnesses. Many design options are available, including integrated stiffeners, shielding, factory forming, selective bonding, termination, layer count and so on.

A Right-angle surface mount Nanominiature plug connector B Hatch shield and solid copper shield flex C Series 801 Mighty Mouse receptacle with PC tails

I Micro-D 37-pin connector J Silver paste shield flex

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K Resistor, inductor, and capacitor L Series 88 SuperFly™ rear panel mount PCB receptacle M Black EMI film (suitable for commercial applications)

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D AlphaLink® SL spring-loaded contact connector E Cross-hatch shield flex F Board-mount transceiver G Series 79 Micro-Crimp® right-angle PCB panel- mount receptacle H Solid copper shield flex

N D38999 Series II type hermetic PC tail receptacle connector O ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) termination P 6-layer rigid-flex circuit board with BGA Q Overmolded termination

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SMALL FORM-FACTOR PCBAs AND FLEX-TO-INSTALL ASSEMBLIES

Integrated Design Examples

Complex double- sided PCBA and interconnect assembly with programmable electronics for a high- speed data aggregation application

Ruggedized FMC connectivity PCBA designed for modular incorporation into Ethernet, Fibrechannel, and/or DVI, SMPTE video system applications

Special accordion-fold rigid-flex PCBA with integrated flex cable and opto-electronic fiber-to- electrical media converter for a Gigabit Ethernet application

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