The Importance of Clean Room Space in Flex Circuit Manufacturing

摘要

While John Wesley is credited with saying "cleanliness is next to godliness," the proverbial concept has reportedly been used since biblical times to extol the importance of this fundamental virtue. Today, with flexible circuit features continuing to shrink to meet demands for ever-smaller electronics with ever-increasing number of features, flexible circuit manufacturing technology is reaching (or has perhaps already passed) an important inflection point where the need for attention to detail with respect to operating area cleanliness is of the highest importance. While in earlier times careful: processing could allow one to get away with some less than fastidious habits, slipshod manufacturing practices today will rapidly cause one to depart the business. As a result, the ability to produce large-area, flexible circuit interconnection structures with fine circuit features on thin materials will require some real attention to detail and cleanliness.