The Technology Domain has been established to open the door of communications between Pioneer's Technical resources and our Customer's needs. Providing information on technical capabilities, test data, new product development and current, high visibility projects that may parallel your own requirements.
General
Producibility Guidelines – Pioneer’s Standard & Reduced Producibility parameters for circuit board design
Technology Roadmap– a high level summary of Pioneer’s current and future PWB manufacturing capabilities
On-site technical training is available via our Flexible Interconnection Solutions® seminar, an in depth exploration of flex/rigid-flex circuit design and technology
The Flex Advantage is a summary compiled by Pioneer of the cost, performance and reliability benefits of flex/rigid-flex technology
IPC 1710 – Pioneer’s completed industry standard survey of company capabilities, equipment, officers, quality systems, etc. Contact us for your copy.
Product Info
Adhesiveless constructions are strongly recommended for all rigid-flex design
Thin core constructions Z-axis thickness of rigid or flex/rigid-flex PWB’s can be minimized using 1 and 2 mil core laminates
Flexible Silver Ink is an alternate material to achieve EMI/RFI shielding on flex circuits while maintaining high flexibility
Bookbinder technology can be employed to achieve a tight bend radius with multiple flex layers
Constantan is a nickel-copper alloy with properties that make it useful as a replacement for copper when heat load or thermal management are major concerns
Materials Data
Code Generators (link to code generator from tech seminar) are a unique set of tools developed by Pioneer to assist design engineers in generating exact material specifications. Also useful for deciphering or ‘reverse engineering’ Available for flexible laminates, coversheets/bond films and rigid laminates
Flexibility Endurance Test – University of Arkansas test report for NASA/JPL on flexural endurance in a simulated Mars environment
IPC PCQR 2 – Pioneer Circuits is a participant in the IPC’s quantitative database of process capability & quality. Please contact us for our facility code.
XXX Testing – reliability testing performed by Northrop Grumman on several Pioneer built samples using a proprietary accelerated thermal cycling test method
