Metal Core PCBs

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Advanced electronics require higher power levels and larger heat removal from the denser chip packaging. Typical PCB technology will not disperse enough heat to satisfy these newer designs nor does it have low enough CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) numbers to properly place higher count BGA without reliability problems. Advanced metal core as well as higher thermal conductivity laminates, combined with new ideas, can obtain the thermal conductivity that is desired with the CTE numbers needed.

As Metal Core PCB means the base material for PCB is metal and not normal FR4/CEM1-3 etc... Commonly used metals are Aluminium and Copper Alloy. The major advantage of MCPCB over conventional PCB lies in its ability to efficiently dissipate heat away from the components. This is achieved by using a Thermally Conductive Dielectric Layer, which acts as a thermal bridge between the IC components and metal backing plate.

Advantages

• Heat dissipation
• Thermal expansion
• Dimensional stability