The choice of material for your PCB is an important factor

When manufacturing your PCB prototypes, you must choose the PCB material. This choice is an important factor in the quality and service life of your PCBs, but also when obtaining approvals under European and American standards.

To guide you to the correct choice of material, below is our product line and the main specifications. If you require more detail, click on the material name to get the full documentation (datasheet)

FR4 Material (Rigid)

Standard FR4

• FR4 VENTEC family VT 481
  • Thickness from 0.2 to 3.2 mm.
• FR4 ISOLA family FR 402
  • Thickness from 0.2 to 3.2 mm.

FR4 High TG

• FR4 VENTEC family VT 47
  • Thickness from 0.6 to 3.2 mm.
• FR4 ISOLA family 185HR
  • Thickness from 0.6 to 3.2 mm.

FR4 High IRC

• FR4 VENTEC family VT 42C
  • Standard thickness 1.6 mm.

FR4 with no copper

• This material is an epoxy glass with no copper designed for use in insulation plates, templates, board supports, etc. They are manufactured using gerber type mechanical drawings or DXF files.
  • Thickness from 0.3 to 5 mm.

Prepreg material (Rigid)

Standard Prepreg

• PP VENTEC VT 481
  • Thickness from 0.02 to 0.2 mm.

Prepreg TG

• PP VENTEC VT 47
  • Standard thickness 1.6 mm.

Prepreg High CTI

• PP VENTEC VT 42C
  • Standard thickness 1.6 mm.

SMI material (aluminium core)

SMI

• VENTEC VT44A
  • 1.0 W/mK
• VENTEC VT4A1
  • 1.6 W/mK
• VENTEC VT4A2
  • 2.2 W/mK

Polyimide material (High TG Laminate)

Standard High TG Polyimide

• POLYIMIDE VENTEC VT901
  • Available thicknesses: 1.0, 1.6 mm, 2.4 mm and 3.2 mm.

ROGER material (material for high frequency circuits)

ROGER RO4350B

• RO4000 Series family RO4350B
  • Thickness from 0.3 to 1.6 mm.
• RoHS and UL 94V-0.

CEM3 material

CEM 3

• ST215 CEM 3
  • Available thicknesses 1 mm, 1.2 mm and 1.6 mm.

Additional information

• HAL finishes are only possible if your PCB is thicker than 0.4 mm.
• Chemical finishes are compatible with all PCB thicknesses.
• The choice between our VENTEC and ISOLA partners depends on their available stock.
• TG (Glass Transition) is the temperature at which the material’s molecular structure changes.
• CTI (Comparative Tracking Index) is a higher index that is used to limit the risk of electric arcs between tracks.

For further information and/or different thicknesses, feel free to contact our customer department by email, live chat or phone by dialling +44 1202 006012.