Original Article
  • An Empirical Formulation for Predicting the Thickness of Multilayer PCB
  • Nam-Hoon Kim*, Gwan-Hee Han*, Min-Su Lee**, Hyun-Ho Kim**, Kwang-Bok Shin*†

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbat National University
    ** Korea Packaging Integration Association

  • 다층 PCB의 두께 예측을 위한 실험식 도출 연구
  • 김남훈* · 한관희* · 이민수** · 김현호** · 신광복*†

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Abstract

In this paper, the thickness of a multilayer PCB was predicted through an empirical formulation based on the physical properties of the prepreg used in multilayer PCB. Since the thickness of prepreg reduction when manufacturing a PCB due to the physical properties and copper foil residual rate, it is necessary to accurately predict the thickness of the PCB through the thickness empirical formulation. To determine the density of the prepreg, the mass and thickness of the prepreg were measured. To manufacture the CCL, the prepreg and copper foil were laminated using a hot press machine, and the thickness was measured using a microscope and micrometer. An 8-layerd PCB was designed with different circuit densities to measure the change in the thickness with the copper foil residual ratio, and the proposed empirical formulation was verified by comparing the measured thickness with the value obtained using the empirical formulation. As a result, the errors for the CCL and multilayer PCB were 2.56% and 4.48%, respectively, which demonstrated the reliability of the empirical formulation.


본 논문은 다층 PCB에 사용되는 프리프레그의 물성을 파악하여 제시한 두께 실험식을 통해 PCB의 두께를 예측하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 프리프레그는 물성과 동박 잔존율에 의해서 PCB 제작시 두께가 감소하기 때문에 두께 실험식을 통한 정확한 PCB의 두께 예측이 필요하다. 두께 실험식에 사용되는 프리프레그의 밀도를 파악하기 위해 질량 및 두께를 측정하여 밀도를 도출하였다. 이후 CCL을 제작하기 위해 프리프레그와 동박을 적층하여 핫 프레스기를 사용하였고 광학현미경과 마이크로미터를 사용하여 두께를 측정하였다. 또한 동박 잔존율에 따른 두께 변화를 측정하기 위해 회로밀도를 다르게 구성하여 8층 PCB를 설계하였고 두께 측정 결과와 두께 실험식으로 도출된 두께를 비교하여 두께 실험식을 검증하였다. 비교 결과 CCL의 경우 2.56%, 다층 PCB의 경우 4.48%의 오차를 보였고 이를 통해 두께실험식의 신뢰성을 확인하였다.


Keywords: 인쇄회로기판(Printed circuit board), 동박 적층판(Copper clad laminate), 두께 실험식(Thickness empirical formulation), 프리프레그(Prepreg)

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Correspondence to

  • Kwang-Bok Shin
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbat National University

  • E-mail: shin955@hanbat.ac.kr