Printed Circuit Board Fabrication
IC Harbor provides advanced PCB fabrication for all industries, from military to consumer electronics. We have strong PCB manufacturing capabilities and offer cost-effective circuit boards.
Advantages of the PCB Fabricator IC Harbor
MATERIALS
At IC Harbor, you can have advanced PCBs made of any substrate material, such as FR4, PTFE, aluminum, ceramics, copper, polyimide, polyester, and glass.
EQUIPMENT
IC Harbor has two large advanced PCB associated manufacturing bases and one PCB assembly associated factory, with complete PCB fabrication lines, and can independently finish all types of PCB fabrication.
TEAM
The professionals from IC Harbor offer free PCB DFM and one-on-one engineering support throughout your project, and they can take part in the R&D if you want.
PCB QUALITY
The advanced PCBs at IC Harbor are military, automotive, and medical-grade. The PCB fabrication is certified with ISO, IATF, REACH, RoHS, UL, and IPC standards.
CUSTOM
IC Harbor provides all types of PCB fabrication, including FR4 PCB, MCPCB, ceramic PCB, RF PCB, HDI PCB, flex PCB, and rigid-flex PCB, with no quantity limit.
TRANSPORT
IC Harbor provides PCB shipping methods, including air, sea, and rail shipping by DHL, FedEx, and UPS. You can choose your freight forwarder.
Types of PCB Fabrication and Capabilities
PCB is a printed circuit board, also called a PWB, printed wiring board, or circuit card. The fabrication of PCBs varies for different types of PCBs. At the one-stop PCB fabricator IC Harbor, PCB fabrication includes rigid PCBs, flexible PCBs, rigid-flex PCBs, ATE (Automatic test equipment) boards, and hybrid-structure boards. Please check the capabilities of different types of PCB fabrication.
Rigid PCB fabrication includes FR4 PCB, metal-core PCB, ceramic PCB, HDI PCB, high-frequency PCB, and special material rigid PCB.
PCB fabrication layer count: 1-80L (aluminum and ceramic PCB 1 to 4, copper-core PCB 1 to 8)
Maximum PCB fabrication thickness: 10mm
Minimum PCB fabrication thickness: 0.12mm (2L), 0.18mm (4L)
PCB fabrication thickness tolerance: thickness≤1mm: ±0.1mm, thickness>1mm: ±10%
Maximum PCB fabrication size: 1100mm * 570mm (metal-core PCB 1200mm * 500mm)
Minimum PCB fabrication size: 10mm * 10mm
Special product/material: use adhesive or PP to laminate stiffener on the rigid PCB, rigid PCB need overlay to replace soldermask, step embedded conductor/slot, embedded resistance, embedded capacitance, embedded component, PET material, black FR4 (e.g. VT42B…), Polymide material for rigid PCB (e.g. 85N/VT-901), hole wall thickness >=50um, and JQ aluminum PCBHybrid-structure PCB with UL: RO4350B+S1170, RO4350B+IT180A, TU-752/TU-768F/TU768/TU788+M6
Flexible PCB fabrication capabilities:
Layer count: 1-8L (1-4L normal)Board thickness: 0.1mm-0.5mm (1-4L), 0.6mm-0.8mm (5-8L)Maximum finished board size: 7.8inch * 21.8inch (PI≥1mil), 7.8inch * 14inch (normal)Minimum finished board size: 2mm*4mm (no connection tab), 8mm*8mm (with connection tab)Flex PCB fabrication materials: adhesive flex core, adhesiveless core, coverlay, thermosetting adhesive, PI/FR4/steel stiffener, and 3M tapeOutline tolerance of laser cutting: ±0.05mm
Rigid-flex PCB fabrication capabilities:
PCB layer count: 2-24L
Flex layer count: 11-20L (18L)
Flex layer on outer layer or middle layer: Middle
PCB Board thickness: 0.2mm-4.0mm
Tolerance of PCB board thickness: >1.0mm, ±10%; ≤1.0mm, ±0.1mm
Minimum flex width: 2.5mm
Minimum flex width between rigid: 3mm, 2mm(limit)
Maximum PCB panel size: 406mm * 736mm
Minimum PCB panel size: 10mm * 15mm
ATE board fabrication includes load Board, probe card, interposer, interface board, and BIB (burn-in board).
PCB thickness tolerance: ≤7% (level 1), 5% ≤ level 2 < 7%
Maximum board size: 50mm*50mm≤level≤1570mm*660mm, 610mm*710mm (level 2)
PCB layer count: ≤50 (level 1), >50 (level 2)
PCB thickness: 0.4mm≤level 1≤8mm, 8
Maximum PCB size (inch*inch): 21*24 / 16*18 / 18*24 / 21*26 / 24*28 (level 1), 24*26 / 26*30 (level 2)
Minimum thickness of core plate (excluding copper): 0.076mm≤level 1, 0.05mm≤level 2<0.076mm, 0.025mm≤level 3<0.05mm
DUT (device under test) flatness: 3mil/inch≤level 1, 1mil/inch≤level 2<3mil/inch, level 3≤50µm
Please get in touch with our sales staff for a detailed process capability table, and we will send it to you via email for your reference. You can send emails to sales@icharbor.com or chat with us online.
Technologies and PCB Fabrication Prices
IC Harbor is a one-stop PCB manufacturer that provides on-demand PCB fabrication to meet the needs of different companies, institutes, and business makers. We offer advanced PCB fabrication technologies, including local mixed pressure, embedded copper coin, and cavity technologies.
Partially hybrid structure lamination: Different laminate materials are laminated in the same layers at different areas or in different layers for certain purposes, such as better thermal dissipation, smaller electromagnetic interference, etc.
Embedded copper coin: Also known as thermoelectric separation technology for copper base PCB. By embedding the copper coin to connect the copper base and the PCB contact directly, the thermal generated by the working component, such as an IC, is dissipated at once without overheating concern.
Cavity: The cavity is formed by the lamination process. The depth of the NPTH and PTH is controlled.
The price of PCB fabrication depends on the PCB board’s complexity, fabrication processes, materials, and quantity.
Generally, more PCB layers and higher copper thickness lead to a higher PCB fabrication cost. Simple PCBs are cheaper than advanced PCBs. The unit price of bulk production is lower than PCB prototypes. The ceramic PCB prototype price is calculated by PCB piece. Prices of flexible and rigid-flex PCBs are calculated according to their weight.
Here are some PCB fabrication prices for your reference: At IC Harbor, $200 is enough to have the dual-sided flexible PCB prototypes manufactured with PCBA value-added services included. If you order 4-layer PCB with a total area of 0.1 square meters, for example, it costs about $100 for FR4 PCBs, $400 for flexible PCBs, and $1000 for rigid-flex PCBs.
As a source factory PCB fabricator, advanced PCB fabrication at IC Harbor is probably one of the most affordable. If you order PCB assembly services or PCBA ODM manufacturing, you will find more surprises from IC Harbor in meeting your custom demands.