TOMSK, Sep 8 – RIA Tomsk. Scientists of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) develop the device for bystry production of printed circuit boards which can be used both in small laboratories, and in house conditions, the press service of the university reported on Thursday.
"The device working by the principle of the 3D-printer will allow quickly and cheap to manufacture printed circuit boards in small laboratories, including, multilayered, flexible. It will significantly simplify the process of creation of prototypes of the new electronic equipment at a design stage and, as a result, will reduce time of development and release of new electronic production", – is said in the message.
As the press service with reference to the project manager Anton Loshchilov specifies, the developed device is capable to apply on a substrate both conductive, and dielectric functional solutions that can be used for production of multilayered printed circuit boards "at a time" – without the need of layers pressing. Time of a full cycle of production of a board will make 10-15 minutes."Besides increase in speed and decrease in labor costs, one more advantage of development is its environmental friendliness and safety in comparison with the traditional technologies using chemical etching. In the device developed by TUSUR the method of additive drawing is used, therefore it will be possible to work with it even in house conditions ", – the press service notes.
It is added that now developers designed the device model. Pilot studies and optimization of its technological modes are conducted. At this stage developers solve such problems as increase in uniformity of parameters of films, increase in accuracy of dispensing of the used ink, and also the issue with automation of filling the printing system is resolved.