LS Cable supplies the world’s thinnest cable to LGE
LS Cable supplies the world’s thinnest cable for cell phones to LG Electronics0.016mm diameter conductor cable manufactured for the 2nd time in the world after Japan
Expected to be applied to more devices including medical instruments, flat-panel TVs and electronic equipment for the defense industry
Seoul, Korea, June 2 - LS Cable announced that it is now supplying the world’s thinnest cable, the MCX (Micro Coaxial Cable) AWG (American Wire Gauge) 46 module to LG Electronics for 60,000 OZ cell phones.
The MCX module is the replacement for FPCB, Flexible Printed Circuit Board. It is a signal transmission cable module for carrying high volumes of data at high-speed with low loss. It is used for connecting LCD displays in devices such as cell phones and laptop PCs to the main board. An MCX module is more effective at blocking external electromagnetic interference than an FPCB, and it is very flexible so that it can be used as a core connecter for electronic devices.
The diameter of the conductor in the AWG 46 (the bigger the number, the thinner the cable) supplied by LS Cable is 0.016mm, which is only one sixth the thickness of a strand of hair. It is currently the world’s thinnest cable available on the market. LS Cable began manufacturing the cable in 2008 as the 2nd company in the world after Sumitomo in Japan. Because of the cutting edge technology required to connect such a thin cable to a micro-size connector, only the two companies can manufacture this type of cable.
As cell phones incorporate ever more multimedia capabilities, and as appliances get smaller and data transfer gets faster and bigger, the global MCX market, which was estimated to be about €114 million in 2008, will grow to about € 285 million by 2012.
MCX modules are also used in flat-panel TVs including LCD TVs because they provide higher video quality as well as superior noise suppression. Also, as the cable is used in ultrasonic wave diagnostic devices, a thinner cable makes it possible to design ever smaller devices. For example, such thin cables can be incorporated into robotic industrial devices that can perform delicate operations.
Source: LS Cable
