Flat conductor flexible cable: A low-cost, reliable interconnecting device

The proposed military standardization handbook states that several independent surveys made by separate agencies predicts that within six to eight years 60-75% of all new aircraft, missile, and ground equipment designs for interconnecting harnesses will utilize FCC. In addition to weight, space, and cost savings, but of no less importance, is the improved system performance obtainable through repeatable electrical characteristics derived by having conductor locations fixed with respect to each other. This characteristic also improves the reliability of fabrication by effectively eliminating wiring errors; e.g., conductors cannot be transposed, maintaining their relative locations within the cable. FCC has many and varied potential applications in the electronics and aerospace industries. As more and more information becomes available on the details of its capabilities, its economic advantages, and its potential for improved reliability, widespread usage will be assured.