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Home / The difference between hdi board and ordinary PCB

The difference between hdi board and ordinary PCB

ByGrace July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

HDI board (High Density Interconnector), that is, high-density interconnection board, is a circuit board with a relatively high line distribution density using micro blind buried hole technology. HDI board has inner and outer layers of lines, and then uses drilling, in-hole metallization and other processes to connect the internal layers of each layer of lines.

HDI board is generally manufactured by lamination. The more times of lamination, the higher the technical level of the board. Ordinary HDI board is basically 1-time lamination, and high-end HDI uses 2 or more times of lamination technology, and also uses advanced PCB technologies such as stacking holes, electroplating filling holes, and laser direct drilling.

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When the density of PCB increases to more than eight layers, the cost of manufacturing with HDI will be lower than the traditional complex pressing process. HDI board is conducive to the use of advanced assembly technology, and its electrical performance and signal accuracy are higher than traditional PCB. In addition, HDI boards have better improvements in radio frequency interference, electromagnetic wave interference, electrostatic discharge, heat conduction, etc.

Electronic products are constantly developing towards high density and high precision. The so-called “high” not only improves the performance of the machine, but also reduces the size of the machine. High-density integration (HDI) technology can make the terminal product design more miniaturized while meeting higher standards of electronic performance and efficiency. Currently, many popular electronic products, such as mobile phones, digital (cameras), laptops, automotive electronics, etc., use HDI boards. With the upgrading of electronic products and market demand, the development of HDI boards will be very rapid.

Introduction to ordinary PCB

PCB (Printed Circuit Board), the Chinese name is printed circuit board, also known as printed circuit board, is an important electronic component, a support for electronic components, and a carrier for electrical connections of electronic components. Because it is made using electronic printing technology, it is called a “printed” circuit board.

Its main function is to avoid manual wiring errors due to the consistency of similar printed boards after electronic equipment adopts printed boards, and can realize automatic insertion or mounting, automatic soldering, and automatic detection of electronic components, ensuring the quality of electronic equipment, improving labor productivity, reducing costs, and facilitating maintenance.

Are all PCB boards with blind buried holes called HDI boards?

HDI boards are high-density interconnection circuit boards. Boards with blind hole electroplating and secondary pressing are all HDI boards, which are divided into first-order, second-order, third-order, fourth-order, and fifth-order HDI. For example, the motherboard of iPhone 6 is a fifth-order HDI.

Simple buried holes are not necessarily HDI

How to distinguish between first-order, second-order, and third-order HDI PCBs

The first-order is relatively simple, and the process and technology are easy to control.

The second-order is troublesome. One is the alignment problem, and the other is the problem of punching and copper plating. There are many designs for the second order. One is that the positions of each order are staggered. When the adjacent layer needs to be connected, it is connected through wires in the middle layer. The practice is equivalent to two first-order HDIs.

The second is that two first-order holes overlap and the second order is achieved by superposition. The processing is similar to two first-order holes, but there are many process points that need to be specially controlled, which is what is mentioned above.

The third is to drill directly from the outer layer to the third layer (or N-2 layer). The process is very different from the previous one, and the difficulty of drilling is also greater.

For the third order, the second order is analogous.

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The difference between HDI board and ordinary PCB

Ordinary PCB board is mainly FR-4, which is pressed by epoxy resin and electronic grade glass cloth. Generally, traditional HDI uses adhesive copper foil on the outermost surface. Because laser drilling cannot penetrate glass cloth, adhesive copper foil without glass fiber is generally used, but the current high-energy laser drilling machine can already penetrate 1180 glass cloth. In this way, there is no difference from ordinary materials.

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