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PCB & PCBA for Automotive Electronics

PCB and PCBA for automotive control units, sensors and radar modules.

Automotive / radarAutomotive / Radar
Vehicle cockpit electronics
Applications

What Automotive Electronics projects need

Automotive projects often need reliable materials, traceability and careful process control. PCB manufacturing for automotive use is IATF 16949-certified for boards built to customer design. This describes typical requirements and is not a customer reference.

  • High-Tg and RF material options
  • Traceability requirements
  • Process and change control
  • Inspection and test needs

Typical applications and certificates

PositioningAutomotive / Radar
Typical applicationsADAS, 77/79GHz Radar, BMS, In-Vehicle Cameras

Related certificates

  • IATF 16949:2016NQA T14016 / IATF 0498905
  • ISO 9001:2015133628
  • UL 796E466435
Certificate details

Source: ShinePCB capability workbook, navigation overview. Values are confirmed against your files and the assigned facility during engineering review; certificates are available on request.

Typical automotive modules

Typical requirements from the ShinePCB application capability sheet. Each project is reviewed against its own drawing and specification.

End product / typical modulesApplicable PCB typesKey processesMaterial directionEngineering focus
ADAS / domain controllers — SoC, high-speed memory, camera interfaces, Ethernet, powerHigh-layer-count, HDI, high-speed, rigid-flexAny-layer / high-order HDI; impedance; back drilling; POFV; fine linesAutomotive-grade high-Tg FR-4; low-loss; CAF-resistantThermal cycling; vibration; traceability; signal integrity
77/79 GHz mmWave radar — RF antenna board, RF front end, digital processingHigh-frequency, hybrid high-frequency, HDIHybrid lamination; fine lines; impedance; layer registrationRogers / Isola / Taconic microwave materials; low-loss FR-4Dk/Df consistency; copper roughness; etch compensation; warpage
BMS / cell contact systems — main control, sampling, balancing, HV interfaceHeavy copper, high-layer-count, FPC, rigid-flexHeavy copper; high current; high-voltage spacing; long boards; press-fit holesHigh-Tg / CAF-resistant FR-4; FPC; high thermal conductivityHigh-voltage safety; temperature rise; insulation; traceability
In-vehicle cameras / cockpit — camera module, display control, SerDesHDI, FPC, rigid-flex, high-speed multilayerFine lines; laser vias; impedance; rigid-flex; via-in-pad; thin boardsThin high-Tg FR-4; low-loss; FPC materialsMiniaturization; bending; high-speed links; cleanliness

Application descriptions show typical board requirements. They are not customer references, and end-product standards remain the responsibility of the product owner. IATF 16949 scope: manufacturing of printed circuit boards (clause 8.3 product design excluded).

Related builds

Board constructions from the ShinePCB company presentation — not customer references.

18-layer hybrid stack-up of a 77 GHz radar board

77 GHz radar high-frequency board

Layers
18
Materials
TSM-DS3 + FR28 prepreg + S1000-2M, hybrid lamination
Finish
Immersion gold (ENIG)
Special process
Pure PTFE blind/buried-via impedance board, 5 back-drill groups
Panels of black high-speed server boards

AI server high-speed board

Layers
18
Material
Panasonic MEGTRON 8
Thickness / min hole
3.1 mm / 0.15 mm
Finish
Full-board electrolytic hard gold
Challenge
High layer count, blind vias, thick gold over the full board
Rigid-flex boards with flexible interconnect

12-layer rigid-flex board

Structure
12 layers, 4R + 4F + 4R
Materials
ITEQ IT-180 + DuPont AP9141R
Thickness / min hole
1.6 mm / 0.2 mm
Finish
Immersion gold (ENIG)
Application
High-end industrial connector
Round gold-finished millimeter-wave antenna board

Millimeter-wave antenna board

Layers
8
Material
Rogers RT5880
Finish
Soft gold plating, 3 µm gold
Special process
Laser profiling
Stack of gold-finished RF power amplifier boards

5G base-station power amplifier board

Layers
4
Materials
Rogers RO4350B + FR-4
Finish
Immersion gold (ENIG)
Special process
Blind vias, step cavity, partially embedded copper block

Builds from the ShinePCB company presentation. They illustrate process scope and are not customer references.

Typical products

Body and control modules

Radar and camera sensors

Lighting and power electronics

Automotive Electronics FAQs

Is manufacturing IATF 16949 certified?

PCB manufacturing is IATF 16949-certified for boards built to customer design. Scope details are provided in formal documents.

Can you support PPAP documentation?

Documentation requirements are clarified before quotation.

Send your board specification for engineering review

  • Engineering review before quotation and production release
  • Prototype and mass-production requirements reviewed separately
  • Each order matched to a qualified facility in the ShinePCB manufacturing network