Today, however, as consumer PCBs have become thinner, with more routing (interspace) around the supporting panel, warpage is a far more common and vexing issue.
In many cases these stresses will appear as warpage. Warpage is the natural result of shrinkage that varies in magnitude within a part, whether it be due to volumetric considerations or driven by orientation.
Lanxess has developed a new compound in collaboration with Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., that is said to offer low warpage and high flame retardance when used for battery components in electric vehicles.