The birth and development of FPC and PCB have given birth to the new product of soft hard combination board. Therefore, the combination of soft and hard circuit boards is the process of combining flexible circuit boards and hard circuit boards through pressing and other processes, according to relevant process requirements, to form a circuit board with FPC characteristics and PCB characteristics.

Production process:

Because FPC and PCB are integrated, the production of FPC and PCB requires both FPC production equipment and PCB production equipment to be equipped simultaneously. Firstly, the electronic engineer draws the lines and shapes of the flexible composite board according to the requirements, and then sends it to the board factory for the production of soft hard coupling. After the CAM engineer processes the relevant documents and plans, the FPC production line is arranged for the production of PCB, FPC, and PCB soft hard boards. According to the requirements of the electronic engineer, the FPC and PCB are seamlessly pressed together by a press machine, and then a series of detail processing is carried out to finally produce the soft hard composite board process. A very important aspect is that the combination of soft and hard boards is quite difficult, with many details involved,

Advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages: The combination of soft and hard boards has the characteristics of both FPC and PCB, so it can be used in some products with special requirements. It has both a certain flexible area and a certain rigid area, which saves internal space, reduces the volume of finished products, and greatly helps improve product performance.

Disadvantages: The production process of soft hard composite board is diverse, difficult to produce, low yield rate, and requires a lot of materials and manpower, resulting in higher prices and longer production cycles.