Designing a FLEX PCB? You Need To Know This ....

Everything important you need to know when designing FLEX PCBs. Explained by Ata Syed Links: Ata's LinkedIn:   / atasyed   PFC Flexible Circuits: https://www.pfcflex.com/ FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/ Chapters: 00:00 What this video is about 01:32 What is Stiffener 03:14 What is Coverlay 05:36 Soldermask on Flex PCB 07:44 Adhesive 11:35 Favourite stackup? 18:39 Copper in Flex PCB 23:53 Strain relief 26:56 Preventing FLEX PCB cracking 29:25 Bend radius 34:33 Teardrops 39:49 Routing - sharp corners and angles 42:50 Space out equally 45:42 Shift tracks between layers, gold fingers coverlay 49:07 Overlapping coverlay and stiffer 51:00 Documentation for FLEX PCB manufacturing 53:47 Aluminum stiffer 57:04 Via 20mil from stiffener edge 57:41 Stiffener with holes (+ plating) 1:02:37 Holes in corners 1:04:39 Cross hatched vs Solid GND planes in FLEX PCB 1:09:10 Shielding 1:10:41 Finishing 1:12:05 Gold fingers finishing 1:14:13 How a four layer FLEX is made 1:15:20 About 3 layer and odd layer FLEX PCBs 1:17:11 Layer and thickness limitations 1:19:55 2mil spacing 1:22:35 Copper plating vs. FLEX 1:26:59 Buried VIAs and FLEX 1:28:27 uVIAs in FLEX 1:29:17 Minimum Trace and Space on FLEX PCB 1:30:46 Minimum VIA and about holes 1:34:08 About Panelization 1:35:14 About FLEX PCB manufacturing process 1:38:04 How stiffeners are applied on FLEX ------------------------------------------------------ Would you like to support me? It's simple: Sign up for online courses hosted on our platform: https://marketplace.fedevel.education/ Sign up for my Hardware design and PCB Layout online courses: https://academy.fedevel.com/ You can also support me through Patreon:   / robertferanec   Or sign up for my Udemy course: https://www.udemy.com/learn-to-design... It is much appreciated. Thank you, Robert