5G widens the market space of FPC flexible circuit board

In electronic products, FPC flexible circuit board, as the connecting line in electronic devices, mainly plays the role of conducting current and transmitting signals. FPC flexible circuit board is widely used in communication, automotive electronics, medical, industrial control and other fields. The era of 5G high frequency and high speed communication expedites the demand for high frequency FPC and the increment of FPC flexible circuit board brought by the changes in the internal structure of smart phones. On the other hand, the innovation of OLED, 3DSensor, wireless charging and other terminals will bring the new increment of FPC, thus helping to further expand the output value of FPC flexible circuit board in the world.



From the perspective of Apple's products for FPC flexible circuit boards, driven by innovative applications, the number of FPC in the iPhone series has been increasing since the iPhone 4 in 2010. In recent years, the proportion of FPC in the total PCB output value has also increased significantly compared with 2010. In the 5G era, FPC will have a large number of new applications in the fields of communication base stations, antennas and mobile phones, which will lead to a new round of rapid growth in demand for FPC flexible circuit boards. Cabol Technology is actively developing the application scenarios of FPC flexible circuit boards in the 5G era, and storing relevant technologies and projects to prepare for the major opportunities brought by the 5G era.



Looking forward to the future, the innovation trend of 5G and consumer electronics will continue, and the market space of FPC flexible circuit board will be further expanded,. In terms of quantity, due to the high working frequency of millimeter wave, 5G communication base stations and mobile terminal equipment have a large demand for high-frequency antennas. From the perspective of industrial structure, driven by cost advantages and market demand, the number of mobile phone antennas needs to increase by three times in the next few years, and the use of high-frequency FPC will rise with the increase of the number of mobile phone antennas. According to the prediction of Cabol technology market, China's FPC flexible circuit board market is expected to reach 51.6 billion yuan in 2021, with a compound growth rate of 10%.