As 5G commercial era is coming, there is increasing demand of high frequency and high speed material. In response to this trend, TPCA held TPCA enterprise visit and 5G Material Solution Exchange Meeting. The event was convened by Mr. Yu Jinlu, President of TPCA South China Association and Chairman of Brain Power Co., Ltd. The delegation visited the rigid CCL production base, FCCL production base and the laboratory of the National Engineering Research Center of Electronic Circuits Base Materials (the Center) in the Songshan Lake plant of SYTECH in January 8^th, 2019. They also visited Standard group, which has twenty years of experience in PCB chemical R&D and production. Nearly 50 industry elites from more than 20 companies attended the event.

Since this is TPCA’s first visit to SYTECH, our company attached great importance. General Manager Mr. Chen Renxi and Deputy General Manager Mr. Dong Xiaojun led a team to prepare for this visit.

In the meeting, Mr. Dong introduced SYTECH’s development history and future strategy. SYTECH was founded in 1985 and is a core base material supplier in the global electronic industry, integrating R&D, production, sales and technical services. In 2011, the Ministry of Science and Technology approved SYTECH to establish the Center, giving SYTECH, the leading enterprise in the CCL industry, the driving force to promote key common technology breakthroughs and coordinated development in the industry chain.

Mr. Dong introduced SYTECH’s development history and future strategy

After Mr. Dong’s introduction, SYTECH’s technical team introduced SYTECH’s 5G material solutions, including high speed material, high frequency material, FCCL and the lab. Mr. Luan Yi, senior Marketing Engineer (High Frequency), Mr. Ma Jiefei, senior Marketing Engineer (High Speed) and Ms. Wu Lin, Group Sales Director (FCCL), presented and shared SYTECH’s solutions in high frequency, high speed and FCCL material respectively. Starting from the equipment market, application, and layout of various countries in the initial 5G commercial era, they introduced the future application of 5G, and cut into the detailed analysis of each material, specification and technology platform. The success of the material development is owing to our cooperation with the end customers in the early stage of development. SYTECH’s materials have been successfully qualified and included in the AVL list in many famous end customers home and abroad. SYTECH now can provide customers with comprehensive and excellent electronic base material solutions.

SYTECH’s high frequency, high speed and FCCL material solutions for 5G

Behind these high-end material technology achievements are the efforts of the Center. Mr. Liu Qianfa, Standing Deputy Director of the Center, introduced that the vision of the Center is to build a world-class engineering platform and be the technology standard leader for high-end electronic base materials in China. With huge investment and continuous construction, SYTECH has cultivated abundant experience in test characterization, test evaluation, failure analysis, simulation and data analysis and has built 12 sub-labs. SYTECH’s test methods and equipment in reliability, SI, PIM and millimeter wave are in advanced positions in the industry and around the world.

After SYTECH’s technical team sharing, Ms. Zhuo Yuzhen, Product Department Manager of Unimicron shared the trend of 5G development and material application. Ms. Zhuo shared her opinions of 5G development from the perspective of PCB manufacturers. She mentioned the basic material selection rules of PCB. However, in terms of how to choose material according to product application and project needs, it requires the cooperation of PCB, CCL and end customers. Besides, PCB and CCL manufacturers should work together on how to control the roughness of copper foil and Dk, Df uniformity and stability in the future.

5G exchange meeting group photo

After sharing, Mr. Chen and Mr. Dong led the delegation to visit the rigid CCL production base, the Center and the FCCL production base of SYTECH. The comprehensive lab configuration such as the reliability lab, high speed and high frequency lab and UL CTDP LTTA lab as well as the full production category show SYTECH’s strength in R&D. In visiting the FCCL production line, Mr. Dong talked about the acquisition of Korea LG FCCL production line and technology, Japan Chukoh Chemical PTFE production line and technology in recent years. Through a series of equipment improvement, SYTECH continuously enriches its industrial layout and strengthens equipment intelligence to control labor costs.

The delegation visited the Center

Before the end of the event, the delegation and SYTECH’s team took a group photo in front of the plant. TPCA South China PCB Association President Yu gave an Award of Gratitude and gifts to complete the event. Through field visit, the delegation not only had a more direct understanding of the layout and achievements of SYTECH’s development in 5G materials, but also become full of expectations and momentum for the future 5G market and ready to meet the challenges.