Definition of FPC - KingSheng PCBA

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When we talk about the FPC in our industry, most of us know it stands for Flexible Printed Circuit, the update products of PCB. Also for the Flexible Circuits, the most broadly accepted defi nition is the one that is found in the industry standard IPC-T-50 Terms and Defi nitions for Printed Boards. In that document, flexible circuits are defi ned as "A patterned arrangement of printed wiring utilizing fl exible base material with or without fl exible coverlayers."

Each person in circuit industry will know its definition (meaning), but do you FPC also stands for other meanings?

You can search FPC via Google, when you will find the top sites whom appear in the first page of searching results have little relation to Flexible Printed Circuit. For more, click here for FPC searching result.

Is it funny? In fact, it’s a popular phenomenon in our daily life. Things may be different from what we thought. We have to dig it. The follows are some definition of so called ‘FPC’ in different language：
German:de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fpc
French:www.knowup.com/pages/ressources/lexique.cfm/
Portuguese: luis-avelar.planetaclix.pt/dicionario/dicio_f.ht

At the end of this article, remind the reader again, if you want know the real meaning of FPC in the circuit industry, please visit our homepage where you will find out what a real Flexible Printed Circuit is!