Motorola Rapid Prototyping Services maintains facilities, processes, and tools consistent with best-in-class suppliers world-wide. We manufacture both conventional and HDI (High Density Interconnect) boards. Our focus is on very fast turn-around for small quantities of boards - a few to a few hundred. Our goal is to be cost-competitive while providing shorter lead-times than any other source.

Our Plantation, Florida facility covers over 13,000 square feet and includes all of the processes and equipment needed to support our operations. This includes a class 10,000 clean room for our photolithography processes and dedicated water purification and wastewater treatment facilities.

One of our prototype plating lines (Click image to enlarge)

Capacity

Max board size: 250mm x 400mm

Data Formats Supported

ODB++, Gerber 274X, 274D, DXF

Construction Types

Up to 16 layers

1 to 3 HDI layers per side

Substrate Materials Stocked

Standard and halogen-free FR4

Mid and high Tg materials

High frequency laminates

Other materials as requested

Minimum Design Rules

line / space: 75 µm / 75 µm

A HDI PC board with a variety of features (Click image to enlarge)

laser via 0.100 mm/ 0.2 5mm

drilled via: 0.25 mm / 0.45 mm

Electrical Test

Full electrical test is run on all boards

Opens and Shorts tested per net list

Board Singulation Options

CNC Routing

Scoring / V-Cut

Laser Cutting (Flex Circuits)

Cycle Times

Conventional Boards: 2 Days

Single HDI Layer: 2-3 Days

2-3 HDI layers: 5-6 Days

Looking through a 3-6-3 HDI board design (Click image to enlarge)

Customers use our PC boards in a wide range of products, and at many stages in their product development process. Applications range from system boards and transceiver boards to application and daughter boards. Some of our simpler products include boards for keypads or connectors, or static flex circuits. At different development stages, customers will ask us for anything from breadboards to test basic concepts and evaluate chip sets, all the way to boards with the final production design requirements and even boards for use in product test fixtures. Our ability to produce boards with high layer counts, multiple layers of HDI, and accuracy compatible with 0.4 mm BGAs and 0201 components makes us a good source for prototyping even the most complex board designs.

Dual Head YAG / CO2 Laser (Click image to enlarge)

Our dedicated staff of 30 engineers and technicians completes over 1,500 customer orders annually, achieving 97% on-time delivery to aggressive schedules and 99% top-2-box satisfaction to highly discriminating customers. All of our work is planned, scheduled, and tracked through our common Job Management System, custom designed for our operations and our goal of achieving rapid cycle times. Our dedicated engineering staff has extensive knowledge and experience in plating, etching, and photo lithographic processes.

Motorola Rapid Prototyping Services has a solid track record of adopting and successfully implementing new technologies. Our ongoing investments in people, software, process, and test equipment demonstrate our commitment to be a world-class supplier and ensure that we remain a competitive edge for our customers.