Integrated Wiring
Direct Write copper conductor networks are available to replace conventional wiring techniques with integrated wiring schemes for a variety of power management and signal distribution applications. Incorporating wiring networks onto components and structures, in either surface mount or embedded configurations, significantly enhances their reliability while eliminating cumbersome wiring bundles. Conductor trace networks are customizable, and exhibit exceptional electrical properties and durability.
Key Features
- Exceptionally durable with resistivity below 2X bulk
- Conductors survive millions of compression fatigue test cycles
- Traces can be embedded, insulated, and shielded using the Direct Write process
- Patterns are designed on an application basis for compatibility with predefined network architectures
- Conductors prescribed to emulate AWG wire standards
Direct Write provides a comprehensive platform for deploying integrated signal distribution networks to replace conventional wiring schemes. Direct Write conductors are low-profile, conformally deposited, extremely durable, and can be applied to a variety of substrates, including conventional structural materials and heat-sensitive components (composites, polymer sheets, PCBs, etc.). Electrical insulation (i.e. dielectric coatings) and shielding layers, required particularly for noise abatement in low-level signal routing applications, can also be deposited to encapsulate the conductive traces. Both surface-mount and embedded configurations can be fabricated via Direct Write, where the latter represents an attractive integration method for composite systems.
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