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PCB for the Automotive Industry - Automotive PCB Board - PCB Trace

PCB for the Automotive Industry - Automotive PCB Board - PCB Trace

At PCB Trace, we manufacture and assemble all types of high-quality boards required by the automotive industry. Various automotive electronics require PCBs, including infotainment systems, ECUs or engine control units, BCMs or body control modules, and more.

Types of Automotive PCBs

PCB Trace offers all types of automotive PCBs including:

  • Rigid PCBs
    • FR-42, FR-44, FR-46
    • CEM-I, CEM-III
    • Polyimide
    • Rogers
  • Flexible PCBs
    • Polyimide
    • Kapton
  • Rigid-Flex PCBs
  • HDI PCBs
  • Metal Core PCBs
  • Ceramic Substrate PCBs
  • Heavy Copper PCBs

For any special automotive PCB requirements, please contact our experts.

PCB Standards

As a certified ISO 9001 company, PCB Trace offers specialized forms of automotive PCBs that can withstand extreme temperatures, vibrations, and other severe environmental conditions common in automotive applications. Our automotive PCBs conform to several International standards:

  • IPC-2221: Generic Printed Board Design Standard
  • IPC-4101: Specification for Base Materials for Rigid and Multilayer Printed Boards
  • IPC-A-600: Acceptability Standard for Printed Circuit Boards
  • IPC-6012DA: Standard for ensuring the reliability of circuit boards exposed to high vibration and heat
  • IPC-6011: Performance standards and specifications for PCBs.
  • IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020: Classification of Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity for Nonhermetic Solid State SMD components
  • IPC-A-610: Acceptability Standard for Electronic Assemblies
  • JEDEC J-STD-020: Standard reference from the electronics manufacturing industry

Environmental Tests

All our automotive boards undergo several tests, including:

  • Thermal Shock Test: We move the circuit board between two chambers, one set to an extremely hot temperature, and the other to extreme cold.
  • Thermal Cycling Test: We subject the board to varying temperatures between high to low and back.
  • Temperature Humidity Test: We subject the board to a changing humid environment in the presence of high and low temperatures.

The above tests subject the PCB to extreme expansion and contraction, thereby helping to detect the areas of the board prone to thermal and mechanical stress during packing, transportation, and operational conditions. The tests verify the reliability of our PCBs to perform in adverse conditions.

Why PCB Trace?

Automotive PCBs from PCB Trace are highly reliable, making vehicles smart and efficient. We have PCB engineers and experts to help you right from the design through manufacturing, and up to the assembly stage. We deliver all the tolerance documents and traceability you require. With our automotive printed circuit boards, you are assured of the latest technologies, such as 5G and LIDAR, and the latest anti-collision systems in your vehicles.

You can use PCB Trace automotive boards for:

  • Monitoring and regulating the vehicle operation
  • Improving the vehicle safety
  • Enhancing the vehicle’s fuel efficiency
  • Offering state-of-the-art infotainment in vehicles
Advantages Offered by PCB Trace
  • Our automotive PCBs can help to beat your competitors to the market.
  • Our guaranteed zero-defect boards can reduce re-spins.
  • Our turnkey services will deliver full turnkey automotive PCB assemblies with full guarantee to work first time every time.
  • We are the industry leader for building anti-collision systems using LIDAR.
  • We manufacture and assemble our advanced automotive PCBs in the United States.
  • Our fabrication, assembly, and testing operations are under the same roof, thereby avoiding any supply bottlenecks.
  • We offer live engineering support on all orders.
  • All our orders are subject to software accelerated checks.
  • We offer extensive electrical testing on all our boards including AOI, X-Ray, Cross-section, flying probes, and more.
  • PCB Trace delivers ±5% impedance tolerance on complex and HDI automotive PCBs.

Get a Quote for your Automotive PCBs

Upload your files securely through our website. Supply us your files in Gerber, IPC-2581, or ODB++ formats. Send us your BOM, quantity information and the turn around time you need.

We will run a DFA/DFM analysis on your documents and get back to you with our report and quote.

Contact a PCB Trace specialist today.

PCB Trace Services on Offer

Our in-house engineers will help you with:

  • Design and Stack-up
  • Routing for single-ended and differential pair tracks
  • Placement for component, vias, decoupling and coupling capacitors
  • Length matching of tracks for achieving specific propagation delay
  • Calculating the effective dielectric constant

Talk to a PCB Trace automotive PCB expert today.

We are available 24 hours each day, all 7 days in a week.

Call us or Email us through our contact us form.

Frequently Asked Questions
1. What types of automotive PCBs does PCB Trace Technologies Inc. provide?

At PCB Trace Technologies Inc. we provide a full line of automotive PCBs such as rigid, flexible, rigid-flex, HDI, metal core, ceramic substrate and yesterday heavy copper PCBs. We have complete product materials that include FR-42, FR-44, FR-46, CEM-I, CEM-III, polyimide, and Rogers as well. Regardless of your unique needs, we can provide the technology and know-how to meet them with the board you need.

2. How does PCB Trace Technologies Inc. ensure automotive PCBs meet industry standards?

We are ISO 9001 approved, and we manufacture automotive PCBs to meet some of the most important international standards such as IPC-2221, IPC-4101, IPC-A-600, and IPC-6012DA. Our PCBs undergo stringent testing to allow survival of these PCBs in extreme situations such as high temperatures, vibrations as well as in the harsh environment in the automotive industry. This ensures high reliability boards that are consistent in the field.

3. What environmental tests does PCB Trace Technologies Inc. conduct on automotive PCBs?

Our automotive PCBs are exposed to a rigorous battery of environmental tests, which includes thermal shock, thermal cyclic test and temperature humidity tests. The tests are carried out by simulating extreme temperature variations and humidity to provide possible mechanical or thermal stresses. This assists us in providing PCBs that survive in the actual automotive environments.

4. What advantages do customers gain by choosing PCB Trace Technologies Inc. for automotive PCBs?

Our customers enjoy the advanced high quality zero-defect PCBs that can shorten their time-to-market and cut off the expensive rework or re-spins. We offer turnkey assembly services with full guarantee of first-time-right. We are also on the forefront of producing PCBs in advanced auto systems such as 5G, LIDAR, and anti-collision.

5. How does PCB Trace Technologies Inc. support automotive PCB design and manufacturing?

We provide professional engineering support throughout the process: design and stack-up, routing to maintain signal integrity, component/via placement, trace length matching to meet timing requirements. We employ engineers all across the industry to collaborate with customers to derive effective dielectric constants and PCB optimization. Such cooperation means maximum design and manufacturability results.

6. How can customers get started with PCB Trace Technologies Inc. for their automotive PCB needs?

Customers may safely post design files as Gerber, IPC-2581, or ODB++ formats and BOM/engineering information via our website. At PCB Trace Technologies Inc., we use comprehensive DFA/DFM analysis and deliver a report and quote as soon as possible. Our PCB experts can be reached 24/7 to assist in the consultation and delivery of your automotive PCB.