FR4 Materials for High-Speed PCB: When & How to Use, Limitations, Dk/Df, Selection & Alternatives
FR4 is the dominant glass-reinforced epoxy laminate for nearly all conventional PCB fabrication, valued for low cost, mature process compatibility, and reliable mechanical performance. When used as a fr4 high speed pcb material, standard FR4 shows obvious performance degradation at microwave frequencies and multi-Gbps data rates due to unstable dielectric constant (Dk), rising loss tangent…