Special Connectors offer 0.5mm and 1.0mm pitch flexible flat cables which perfectly compliments Special Connectors' fpc connector range. Cables are available in 06-80 conductors in 0.5mm pitch and 04-50 conductors in 1.0mm pitch. The 1.0mm pitch cables are available in a variety of thickness options.
Flexible flat cable is available in A type - Conductors same side or D Type - Conductors opposite sides. This allows for flexible flat cable solutions to best fit your requirements, due to the intricate nature of folds and the orientation of the cable with designs. Standard cable is suitable for 80¡ãC and 60 volts. Lengths start from 30mm up to 1 meter plus and are specifiable on the FFC cable drawing. You can also build your FFC cable with our standard parameters using Special Connectors¡¯ ordering guide below and remember to add any of your custom features that are required.
Special Connectors minimum order quantity is 2,000 pieces, free of charge samples are available for approval.
Folding & Bending Types
Flexible Flat Cable can be folded into different shapes to save further space and enable them to fit perfectly into the equipment. Some are folded in such a way to navigate around intricate designs, where others can be shaped specifically with the view to be dropped straight inside a product. Here are the most common folding and bending types uses in the majority of devices today.
90¡ã Fold 180¡ã Fold Crank Fold Z Fold
Shielding & Grounding
Shielding (grounding) is used to improve EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) protection, which provides protection from external electrical noise.
Sometimes on a FFC cable alternative conductors are grounded & connected to the shield, so giving each of the other conductors (carrying electrical signals) protection from interfering with each other or from external electrical noise.
Additional Supporting Strips
Special Connectors standard FFC cables feature a supporting strip, but customers sometimes require an extra supporting strip to aid insertion of the FFC cable into the connector. This can be added as an optional extra.
Special Connectors' standard supporting tape is standard at 6mm on 0.5mm pitch and 8mm on 1.00mm pitch, Special Connectors can offer special versions with longer or shorter supporting strips.
Stripped Ends for direct PCB soldering
Stripped ends allow soldering direct to a PCB, which removes the need for a connector, generally this is used in a fit and forget design solutions where cost is critical and plugging/unplugging of the FFC from a connector is not required.
Special Connectors' standard stripped end length is standard is standard at 4mm, Special Connectors can offer special versions with longer or shorter supporting stripped ends.
Special Connectors also protect the stripped ends with Kapton tape, which not only keeps the integrity of the conductors, but also allows the cable to be soldered to the PCB using a solder bar through the tape.
Secure Cable Mating
For enhanced security and stability when mated, FFC cable assemblies with optional ears are available to provide additional latch points when mated, further strengthening the connection.
