Parlex Corporation

Ken Maylor

Roland C Jacques

Zvi Hatkevitz

A method of fabricating a multilayer circuit board having rigid and flexible sections using Z-axis laser routing. A rigid superstructure is provided for lamination to a flexible circuit substrate, wherein the superstructure includes specially configured strips of laser reflective material, disposed on the laminating surface thereof, defining the boundary between the rigid and flexible sections of the multilayer circuit board. In subsequent processing, a beam of laser energy is directed through the rigid superstructure, along the Z-axis thereof, superjacent to each strip of laser reflective material, thereby cutting through the material of the superstructure creating a laser routed channel which forms an interface between the rigid and flexible sections of the finished multilayer circuit board. In a further step, the portion of the rigid superstructure residing between the laser routed channels is separated and removed, there by exposing the underlying flexible substrate, resulting in a flexible section on an otherwise rigid laminated composite and creating a multilayer rigid/flex circuit board.

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Danvers, MA, United States of America

Ken Maylor