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5G technology has been a topic of close attention since its inception. Since the beginning of the 20th century, 5G has been a big hit, and the era of the Internet of Everything is approaching,which is undoubtedly a new opportunity for all walks of life, especially for the electronics industry, which is a crucial development opportunity.
5G development promotes the construction of large-scale data centres,which means that a large number of high end PCB communication boards will be needed to support the huge traffic carried by the data centre servers, and the number of layers of PCB multilayer circuit boards and the requirements of data will also be higher and higher. Undoubtedly, the development of 5G drives PCB multilayer boards to high precision and more complex direction.
The current 5G boom and the arrival of the 5G era, PCB as the mother of the electronics industry, is also the carrier of all components. PCB industry in this chain accounted for the largest proportion, the greatest benefit.
The development of 5G is inseparable from the construction of large-scale data centres, will inevitably add new servers. The development of servers is inseparable from the PCB. Due to the huge traffic carried by the data centre and the high demand for transmission rate, the number of layers of PCB and the data demand for high-end communication boards will become higher and higher. In this case, the demand for high-end communication boards will be greatly increased.
With the continuous progress of 5G construction, due to the 5G high-speed and high-frequency characteristics,the value of a single base station communication board will also be significantly increased,the construction of 5G base stations will further boost demand for communication boards. Firstly, the number of 5G base stations is much larger than the current 4G base stations,especially the blind spot area will cover a certain number of micro-base stations, which will undoubtedly drive the demand for communication PCB. Secondly, due to the addition of 5G channels,the area and number of layers of a single PCB is more demanding.The area has increased from 15cm to 35cm, and the number of layers has been upgraded from dual-panel to 12-layer board. In addition, the value of a 5G base station is much higher than that of a 4G base station. 5G base station using high-speed high-frequency board unit price of 5000 yuan / square metre, while the 4G base station unit price is only 2000 yuan / square metre. It can be seen that the PCB value of 5G base station is 2.5 times of that of 4G base station,which makes the value of communication boards have a great increase.
5G and PCBs
From different perspectives, 5G has an impact on PCB multilayer boards:
1.From the point of view of the construction of a single base station, due to the 5G has a high-frequency and high-speed features, the value of the communication circuit board will have a great deal of enhancement to improve the added value of multi-layer boards.
2.From the point of view of the number of 5G base stations, the number of 5G base stations will be much more than the number of 4G base stations, especially in the blind spot areas covered by a certain number of micro-base stations, circuit boards to more demand.
3.From the point of view of 5G technology,5G channel increase, single PCB multi-layer board area and the number of layers required will be higher, the performance requirements of the board will also become higher, the production cost increases.
According to Prismark's forecast, the PCB industry's compound growth rate will reach 3% in 2016-2020, which means that the output value in 2020 will be close to US$60 billion. In the current environment of cloud computing and 5G high-speed development, PCB is an important foundation force in the entire electronics industry chain, and the ever-changing environment drives the new direction of PCB demand growth. In this regard, PCB manufacturers should continue to invest in PCB engineering research and development.