Copper PCB
“Laminated Deposition” Heavy Copper
Demand for heavy copper circuits in automotive, computer, industrial controls, and military is growing very fast. More than 90% of the existing circuit board manufacturing is limited or not capable of producing reliable heavy copper circuit boards.
The driver behind the demand is ever increasing power requirements in computing power and the elimination of complex wired buss configurations. Amitron has been associated with heavy copper plating since 1994. Heavy copper being described as 3 oz finish and higher. A typical high power circuit could utilize 6 oz. in the hole walls and 20 oz. surface copper.
The Amitron process is capable of producing 20 plus ounces of finished copper and reliably spray coat a protective and consistent solder mask with imaged nomenclature. Amitron utilizes a unique process referred to as “Laminated Deposition”. This combination of processes allows extreme copper thickness requirements to become very practical and cost effective. The process utilizes heavy base copper that when placed in our plating and etching systems will deliver consistent and reliable high power circuits.
Examples of the power electronic applications
- Solar power converters
- Safety and signal systems
- Renewable energies and storage pumping plants
- Torque controls
- High power rectifiers
- Overload relays
- Power converters for railway systems
- Power line monitors
- Traction converters for rail applications
- UPS systems
- Electric vehicle charging (commercial and industrial)
- Protection relays
- Excitation systems for power regulators
- Position control systems
- Power grid switching systems
- HVAC systems
- Energy storage and power grid back up
- Nuclear power applications
- Line reactors
- Hydro-electric plants
- Surge protectors
- Fuse blocks
