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On 10 August 1995, Dougal Stewart wrote:
>> We have a customer who has been asked by his designers to
>> provide boards with a CTI of greater than 400 and a flammability
>> rating of 94V-1. They also ask if standard FR4 will comply - at
>> least I know the answer to that one.
>> I am not sure what laminate will meet this requirement - FR3
>> has been suggested, but laminate suppliers always leave off
>> the CTI when quoting electrical properties.
Dougal,
I sent a response Friday to the second-half of your post, but then
came across this message that I hadn't read yet. I would like to add a
little more to the post I made Friday to help make that information a
little more useful.
When you speak of CTI, I'm not exactly sure what is meant by that...I
don't believe it's coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) because the
values are expressed in parts-per-million...and I can't think of why
anyone would want a laminate that has a CTE of 400ppm. So I'm assuming
what it is that you're asking for is laminate that has a glass transition
temperature (Tg) of 400 degrees F. or above...that works out to 204.44
degrees celsius (400-32 x 5/9=degrees C.)...I'll list below the important
properties of the materials I refered to in my last email:
(Note: All temperatures are in degrees C.)
Reinforcing Materials
Dielectric CTE,ppm/degree C.
Constant
Material @ 1 MHz Long. Radial
E-Glass 5.5 5.5 5.5
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