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What are the Necessary Files for Creating Rigid Flex PCB

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Circuit boards that combine rigid and flexible board technologies are known as rigid flex boards. Depending
on the application’s design, the majority of rigid flex boards are made up of many flexible circuit substrate
layers that are outwardly or internally attached to at least one rigid board.

These flexible substrates often are molded into a flexed curve while installing or manufacturing and are
intended to remain in a state of constant flexibility.

What are Rigid Flex PCB Quotes?

Finding a producer to produce the design after it has been prepared by the designer of the rigid flex board is
the following stage. To order the board, you must provide an estimate as well as PCB quote.

The main objective is to build and assemble the rigid flex boards using the fewest procedures and at the
lowest cost.

A manufacturer can only provide a precise quotation if your PCB designer provides all the relevant details.
Let’s examine some important information that is occasionally forgotten while acquiring a quote.

The rigid flex PCB quotes is a general estimation of the manufacturer’s capacity to produce a design for your
rigid flex PCB into the physical board in terms of cost, time, and other factors. It isn’t necessarily connected
to the design of the board. A quote can be requested for information regarding PCB design, production,
or assembly.

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It’s more than a cost estimate for the required quantity of pcbs, rigid flex PCB quotes from your CM also
includes an estimation of your fabricator’s time requirements and capacity to incorporate all the technologies
present in your board design.

The accuracy of this quote facilitates the process of production. To expedite the process and prevent delays,
it is advisable to supply all pertinent information at once. In the event that any vital details are absent, the
CM must get in touch with the designer. While we are having this conversation, the purchase must be put on
hold. An order may miss the deadlines for internal manufacturing if it is kept on hold for an extended period
of time.

It’s possible this will cause the manufacture to take a much longer time than anticipated.

The crucial details required for precise rigid flex PCB quotes are as follows:

 The board type (rigid-flex, flex, rigid, etc)


 Board layers in total
 Each board’s dimension
 The hole’s minimum diameter
 Material
 Minimum trace width
 Trace spacing has to be kept at a minimum
 Outer layer’s copper finish
 Annular ring’s requirements
 The holes in total

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How to Make Rigid Flex PCB Design Quotes

A quote on PCB design (layout and schematic) is asked whenever the requestor is unable to create a layout
and does not have the necessary resources.

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The most important files provided are often schematic, BOM, board layout, as well as mechanical
information. The requirements for the design must also be stated. A quotation for the design service will
include the price of the circuit board as well as the expected time period.

The following results are anticipated from Circuit design services:

Choosing a design tool

Users can choose from a range of design tools that CMs offer. The selected tool will be used to produce the
schematic as well as all files related to the design.

Schematic

You can submit a rough schematic with your request for a quote, and their design staff will transform it into
the desired CAD format.

Reducing costs

In order to reduce costs and increase process effectiveness, the manufacturer would find a means to get
around the specified design.

Reversal Engineering

Some CMs will create all the files for the design for a fresh PCB utilizing the specifications of the existing
board. This depends on the situation. These specifics could come from the board that is empty or filled, or
even only from drawings or design files. Files for the new design will be made due to the designer defining
the differences out from prior board.

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Files Needed for Rigid Flex PCB Quotes

The necessary files are required for the rigid flex PCB quotes. A fabrication quote requires these files:

Upload a Gerber file having English units in ODB++ or RS-274X format. These files ought to be produced
for each surface of the circuit board.

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The fabrication print as well as design, including the board shape, the drill pattern, as well as the hole
diameters (in the Gerber format).

 A outstanding drill file in ASCII format comprises data such as tool units, units, coordinates, and
number format.
 A readme.txt folder contains details about the board, the files, and the layer stack-up.
 IPC netlist that shows the list of network that identifies the connection system for conductivity on
the circuit board.

Documents Needed for Rigid Flex PCB Quotes

What is required to obtain a PCB quotation? This is a great question that usually leads to miscommunication.
There really are four core documents, and the way they are transmitted depends on the technologies used by
your firm; we can work together to find the best option for you.

We will go over which documents are necessary, what details they all should have, as well as how they
relate to the quote procedure.

Here are the mandatory paperwork:

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Bare-Board Print

The print, sometimes referred as the fab drawing or fabrication drawing, gives us the necessary documents to
build the bare PCB. the board’s material, thickness, finish, the holes as well as the smallest hole size required,
the number of layer needed, and the color of the solder mask.

Assembly printing

It essentially serves as the blueprint of the manufacturer and identifies the locations of each component in
addition to any special packaging or markings demands for the single circuit board.

Bill of Material

The document which controls the components is the BOM or bill of material. Every line item present on
this BOM needs to have a description, part number, quantity, as well as the reference identifier.

Conclusion

The accuracy of a quote facilitates the process of production. To expedite the process and prevent delays, it
is best to submit all pertinent information precisely.

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