As current equipment develops towards miniaturization and thinness, some equipment will use FPC connection solutions to replace traditional wire harnesses, and will also replace some connectors.
Flexible circuit board (FPC) is a printed circuit board made of flexible insulating substrate. It has the advantages of flexibility, foldability, light weight, and thin thickness. Therefore, it is widely used in consumer electronics and automotive electronics and other fields.
As today's terminal equipment develops towards lightweight, miniaturization and folding, the amount of FPC inside the equipment has increased due to the consideration of lightweight in various electronic equipment. The flexible characteristics of FPC can reduce the total number of interconnections required, which means fewer solder joints, connectors and contact crimping, which will also replace some traditional wire harnesses and connectors to a certain extent.
Taking automobiles as an example, with the electrification and intelligence of automobiles, FPC has gradually become the new favorite in the automobile industry. On the one hand, the traditional wiring process of traditional LVDS wire harness is complex and relatively high cost. On the other hand, in order to reduce the weight of the vehicle, car companies will choose to replace most of the wire harness with FPC.
At the same time, in smaller spaces, FPC may also replace some connectors, and connector applications may be reduced.
However, connectors still have irreplaceable advantages, and only using FPC to connect also has certain disadvantages. For example, if you do not use a connector to connect, you must use welding, and the cost of welding will be higher than using two connectors. Secondly, since the FPC is connected by welding in the early stage, it is very inconvenient when a fault needs to be repaired later.
Although replacing wired components with FPC can save the connection work of redundant cables, saving more space and cost. But in fact, FPC can create synergy with connectors. For example, in mobile phone modules, the connector can be mounted on the FPC to promote more applications of the connector.
In general, under the high degree of integration, some connectors will inevitably be replaced, but overall, the demand for connectors is still rising. Especially under the trend of intelligence, there are more and more modules in the equipment, and the demand for connectors will also increase. At the same time, connector technology is constantly being updated and iterated to adapt to various evolving application scenarios.
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