Ceramic Printed Circuit boards (PCBs) are electronic substrates designed for high-performance applications, offering superior durability, reliability, and precision. Made from strong ceramic materials like alumina (AI203) or aluminum nitride (AIN), they outperform traditional epoxy or fiberglass PCBs.
Their exceptional thermal conductivity ensures efficient heat dissipation, critical for extreme temperature environments. Additionally, ceramic PCBs are highly resistant to mechanical stress, vibration, and shock, ideal for rugged conditions.
They possess superior electrical performance with minimal signal loss, crucial for high-frequency applications. Moreover, they exhibit exceptional chemical resistance, moisture imperviousness, and corrosion immunity, ensuring long-term reliability.
Manufactured with advanced techniques like screen printing and laser machining, ceramic PCBs enable precise circuit designs and dense component integration, catering to miniature designs.
Ceramic PCBs represent a paradigm shift in electronic substrate technology, offering unparalleled performance, durability, and reliability for high-performance applications, empowering innovation in electronic design and manufacturing.
Benefits
High Thermal Conductivity: Excellent thermal conductivity allows more efficient heat dissipation in products such as LED lighting and automotive electronics.
High Temperature Capability: They can withstand much higher heat environments. They have a much lower CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion). Reducing the risk of component failure during thermal cycling.
Mechanical Strength and Capability: Ceramic materials have high mechanical strength and rigidity making the PCBs more resistant to physical stress, bending, and warping. Making them much more suitable for electronics in harsh environments subject to vibrations and shocks.
Design Flexibility: Because of their excellent dimensional stability ceramic PCBs are better suited than traditional PCBs for designs with fine traces and high-density interconnects. They provide an excellent platform for miniature and nano electronics.
Long-Term Reliability: These PCBs are less prone to degradation, and aging over time. They are more durable than conventional PCBs.
Applications
Power Electronics: Power modules, motor drives and LED lighting applications.
RF/Microwave Communication: Due to their high frequency performance they are suitable for wireless communications devices, radar systems, satellite communications.
Defense and Aerospace: (Optional since we do not build mil spec PCBs) Avionics, missile guidance systems, and radar systems. Their ruggedness, reliability, and resistance to high temperatures make them well-suited for defense and aerospace applications.
Automotive Electronics: Engine control modules, power management and high temperature operations.
High Power Applications: Solar inverters, Electric vehicle charging stations and industrial motor controls.
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