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Article: Back to basics 3: conductive coatings and metal foils for flexible circuits.(FlexibleThinking)
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- May 1, 2005
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The reader will recall that in Part 2 of this series, the discussion focused on polymer base films for flexible circuits. In this, the third part of the series, the focus turns to look at conductive coatings and metal foils used in the construction of flexible circuits.
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When most of us think of flexible circuit conductors there is a natural first tendency to think of copper because the vast majority of flexible circuits produced today are fabricated using copper. The reason copper is so popular is manifold. It is very common and reasonably abundant. It is relatively low-cost. Copper is one of the most conductive of metals, and can ...