{"id":1173,"date":"2020-11-05T21:17:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:40:05","slug":"engineers-corner-podcast-3-common-pitfalls-in-flex-circuit-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/engineers-corner-podcast-3-common-pitfalls-in-flex-circuit-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineer\u2019s Corner Podcast #3: Common Pitfalls in Flex Circuit Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minco has been building<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1112 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mincopodcast-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mincopodcast-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mincopodcast-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mincopodcast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> flex circuits for our customers for decades and we\u2019ve encountered countless challenges along the way. We see some of these pitfalls during the design process, others involve problems with documentation, and still others are mechanical issues with the design. Most of these ultimately impact our customers by costing time and resources. The engineers of our Flex Solutions business unit have assembled a list of the pitfalls they have most commonly encountered while working with customers.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to the Engineer\u2019s Corner, it\u2019s Minco\u2019s gathering of engineering minds to talk about what we do and to share our knowledge with current and potential customers. Listen to the podcast on the following web player, or you can listen or subscribe on Apple Podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/b9342953-6f3f-43e1-8830-34712a0453aa?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minco has been building flex circuits for our customers for decades and we\u2019ve encountered countless challenges along the way. We see some of these pitfalls during the design process, others involve problems with documentation, and still others are mechanical issues with the design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engineers-corner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Engineer\u2019s Corner Podcast #3: Common Pitfalls in Flex Circuit Design - Minco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/engineers-corner-podcast-3-common-pitfalls-in-flex-circuit-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Engineer\u2019s Corner Podcast #3: Common Pitfalls in Flex Circuit Design - Minco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minco has been building flex circuits for our customers for decades and we\u2019ve encountered countless challenges along the way. 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