June 2014 • The PCB Design Magazine 37
flexdude
Big thanks to iFixit for permission to use the
iPhone 5s teardown images and to Robert Jung at
Altaflex for his help with sourcing info.
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References
1. DuPont
2. CEN
3. Innox
4. Doosan
5. iFixit
6. Altaflex
Tom Woznicki is the president
of Flex Circuit Design Com-
pany, a consulting company
in San Jose, California, that
specializes in designing flexible
printed circuits for oeMs and
flex circuit manufacturers. For more informa-
tion, visit www.flexdude.com.
NINJA FLEx CIRCUITS continues
Figure 4: Depressions showing where cover films allow electrical connection to the shielding film.
Figure 5: a nearsighted ninja designer with ninja
flex circuits.
