Research and Markets Adds Report: Global and China Flexible Printed
0 Comments | Wireless News, Sep 6, 2010
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global and China Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) Industry Report, 2009- 2010″ report to its offerings.
In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:
In the PCB industry in 2009, the output value of the printed circuit board (FPC) dropped least in percentage, mainly due to a bit fall in the FPC market. Entering 2010, the FPC industry has grown further, which has been driven by the demand from smart phones, e- books, LED panels and notebook computers. Actually, any thin and small electronic product has demand for FPC.
Smart phones have more functions, including touch screen, GPS, and WLAN, etc. Meanwhile, a variety of special sensors have been added, such as acceleration sensors, inclination sensors, gyroscopes, magnetic sensors, pressure sensor. These additional functions are integrated in modules, which must be linked by FPC or Flex-Rigid Boards. Moreover, antennas, batteries, speakers should also be connected by FPC or Flex-Rigid Boards out of consideration for internal layout and cubage. Although it is a bar phone, iPhone employs 10 to 15 pieces of FPC, doubling the need of 5 to 7 for general cell phones.
The e-book market has grown. The shipment of the global e-book market reached about 1 million in 2008 and 3.82 million in 2009, and it is expected to record 9.3 million in 2010. A common e-book requires 5 to 12 pieces of FPC. Apple’s IPAD uses about 16 pieces or so, which greatly spurs the demand for FPC. The drive of notebook computer for FPC can be presented in two respects. First, the revolving shaft of laptop partially exerts FPC. Second, Win7 system supports touch screen which needs to be connected by FPC
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