Hi Allan,

Back in the "80's, during an Air Force Mantech program at Texas Instruments
Inc., we looked at fabrication of boards with Graphite reinforced polymer
Constraining cores. These looked good initially for mounting LCCC chip cariers,
but failed miserably in less than 10 thermal cycles (-65 deg. C to 125 deg. C )
due to the compressive forces on the Graphite fibers. I don't think you want to
follow this kind of constraint. Reports of these data are In Air Force Mantech
reports dated about 1990, available from Wright Patterson AFB.

Lots of Luck,

Les Connally,

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>  From: Alan Butler <[log in to unmask]>, on 8/4/97 5:10 AM:
>  Ref : Carbon Fibre Reinforcement of Printed Circuit Laminates
>
>  Does anyone Know -
>
>  1. Who manufactures the laminates.
>
>  2. Any problems encountered producing PCB's with these laminates.
>
>  Kind Regards
>
>   Alan. R. Butler
>
>