Designing a hybrid can protect your intellectual property far better than a conventional printed circuit board. Here is why:
Designing a hybrid can protect your intellectual property far better than a conventional printed circuit board. Here is why:
- Custom Design: hybrids are custom-designed for specific applications, so the design, layout and functionality are not publicly available.
- Unique Components: hybrids often incorporate specialised or proprietary miniature components, such as custom integrated circuits (ICs) or sensors.
- Encapsulation and Potting: protective materials such as epoxy resin or silicone hide and protect the circuitry.
- Complexity and Integration: multiple functions and technologies integrated into a single package are far harder to reverse engineer.
- Trade Secrets: developing hybrids builds proprietary manufacturing processes, testing methods and know-how.
Having your own hybrid makes sense.