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General Information RELEASED AUGUST 2009 - www.axon-cable.com © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 2 AXON’, manufacturer of cables range of flat cables and assemblies : AXOJUMP®, > Flat Cables with round pins AXOSTRIP®, > Bulk Flat Flexible Cables FleXlInk®, > FDC-Flat Display Connections AXOlInk®. and interconnect solutions for advanced technologies, offers a complete > FFC-Flat Flexible Cables From standard flat cables to custom designed assemblies, AXON’ optimises its expertise to meet its customers requirements.

www.axon-cable.com - RELEASED AUGUST 2009 © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 3 BULk FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES FDC-FLAT DISPLAy CONNECTIONS FLAT CABLES wITh ROUND PINS FFC- Flat Flexible Cables: AXOJUMP® Designed for board-to-board interconnections, AXOJUMP® standard Flat Flexible Cables are made up of flat conductors insulated with Polyester or Polyimide tapes (from 0.30 mm to 2.54 mm pitch). AXON’ has developed a wide range of custom designed Flat Flexible Cables incorporating folds, shields, notches, punching, slitting, marking or special mounting methods. The...

RELEASED AUGUST 2009 - www.axon-cable.com © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 4 FDC 100® - FFC LVDS asembly Applications AXON’ flat cables and assemblies can be used in numerous application areas: ››I T equipment notebooks, scanners, printers. ›› Consumer electronics CD and DVD players, TV, LCD displays, hi-fi systems, satellite receivers and decoders. ›› Telecommunications telephones, fax machines. ›› Automotive industry car radios, GPS systems, switch rotary connectors, headliners, door panels. ›› Household equipment glass-ceramic cooking plates, refrigerators,...

www.axon-cable.com - RELEASED AUGUST 2009 © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 5 Flat coper conductor Flat cable insulation Flat cable workshop Production AXOJUMP® Flat Flexible Cables are manufactured in AXON’s production sites in Europe, America and Asia, using stateof- the-art manufacturing equipment. AXON’ specialises in FFC manufacturing ranging from wire drawing, plating and rolling of conductors to insulation, final cutting and shielding. Conductor manufacturing AXON’ manufactures its own flat conductors. The main materials used are: - Bare copper, -...

RELEASED AUGUST 2009 - www.axon-cable.com © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 6 In-line controls enginering department Quality assurance AXON’ is accredited to: ››ISO 9001, ››ISO TS 16949, ››ISO 14001, ››EN 9100, ››OHSAS 18001. AXON’s continuous improvement plan called "SOLON" is based on the EFQM model (European Foundation for Quality Management). In addition to in-line controls throughout the manufacturing area, AXON’ applies “Statistical Process Control” methods (SPC) as well as standard problem solving and continuous improvement methods. TPM (Total Productive...

www.axon-cable.com - RELEASED AUGUST 2009 © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 7 Flat Display conection Conection by soldering Connection Connection with connectors AXON' flat cables are designed for LIF (Low Insertion Force) or ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) connectors from most connector manufacturers (for example: KY OCERA ELCO/FCI/ HIROSE/JAE/JST/MOLEX/TYCO/…). Connection with crimped contacts 1.27 and 2.54 mm pitch FFC’s can be terminated with crimped contacts or provided ready for crimping. Connection with soldering Reflow soldering is suited for termination...

RELEASED AUGUST 2009 - www.axon-cable.com © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 8 Shielding with conductive silver Paint Microstrip injection test bench to control transfer impedance Shielding expertise AXON’ offers two types of shielded flat cables: ›› Cables shielded with aluminium tape, ›› Cables shielded by a conductive silver paint and a protective varnish. AXON’ is able to ground one or several conductors to the shield irrespective of the type of shielding: aluminium foil or conductive paint (same voltage level and EMI performance). To characterise the...

www.axon-cable.com - RELEASED AUGUST 2009 © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 9 Flex life test Flex life The flex life of AXON’ FFC’s depends on the choice of conductor/ insulation tape combination. To meet the different requirements of flex life in dynamic applications, AXON’ offers a range of FFC’s to withstand an increasing number of flex cycles. The following table summarises flex tests which have been carried out on a 1.00 mm pitch FFC sample with a bend radius of 10 mm. The sample is fitted between two plates. The bottom plate moves and the top one remains...

RELEASED AUGUST 2009 - www.axon-cable.com © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES 10 PUNCHED CABLE GOLD PLATING AT EXPOSED ENDS Punching AXON’ offers punched Flat Flexible Cables for certain types of connectors (For example: Hirose FH28, FH41, AVX 6288 Serie, Iriso, ZIF). Punching facilitates: - positionning of the cable in the equipment, - polarisation. Our punching process is camera-driven for the highest precision. We can develop specific punching to your needs. AXON’ offers flat cables with a fine gold coating over nickel on the stripped ends. Gold coating...

Flat Cables FFC-Flat Flexible Cables AXOJUMP® 11 www.axon-cable.com - RELEASED APRIL 2009 © 2009/A - AXON’ CABLE - FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLES AND FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLIES SAME NUMBER OF CONDUCTORS BUT DECREASING PITCH 0.3 mm PITCH VERSUS 2.54 mm PITCH Standard Flat Flexible Cables Pitches The standard range of FFC-Flat Flexible Cables AXOJUMP® consists of the following pitches: - 0.30 mm, - 0.50 mm, - 0.80 mm, - 1.00 mm, - 1.25 mm, - 1.27 mm, - 2.54 mm. Other pitches can be manufactured upon request.