Titanium-Hybrids

Hybrids are made on ceramic but with innovation we now make them on stainless steel and titanium. These ceramic PCB's, stainless steel PCB's and titanium PCB's enable products to work well in hostile environments and have greater reliability over time than PCB's.

Applications for hybrid circuits are endless and include temperature sensors, pressure sensors, flow sensors and stain gauges, water pump applications, baggage x-ray machines, scientific instruments, data loggers, components for cars, solar cells and electrical safety devices just to name a few.

By using Titanium we can make sensitive, reliable and cost effective strain elements and associated circuitry for applications such as pressure measurement.

Titanium substrates make the hybrids of the future.

Top Ten Things you should know about Titanium:

Titanium has a low density
Titanium has good lightweight strength
Titanium is easily fabricated
Titanium can withstand extremes of temperature
Titanium has an excellent resistance to corrosion (especially sea water)
Titanium is more flexible than steel
Titanium is stronger than steel
Titanium is much lighter than steel
Titanium makes an excellent hybrid
Titanium is expected to be cheaper than Stainless Steel in the coming years

Why make Titanium Hybrids?
              Titanium hybrids have the following benefits:

Improved strain sensor sensitivity over Stainless Steel by two to six times, depending on the Grade or Alloy of Titanium chosen

Improved strain sensor temperature co-efficient of resistors (TCR) (i.e. change of resistor value over temperature) under 100 ppm/oC and as low as 50 ppm/oC. Hybrid Electronics can tailor the TCR for the end product

Increased strength up to three times that of Stainless Steel

Nine times better flow sensing sensitivity over Stainless Steel

Co-located Heater and Thermistor element flow sensing (including flow direction sensing) and very low power applications

Flow measurement for liquids and gases

Thick (>2mm) and thin (<0.4mm) Titanium substrates can be used depending on application

Mains voltage applications

The "Hybrid is the box". It does not require to be mounted in a box.

Versatility of environments eg. water, extreme high and low temperatures, under ground and in the atmosphere

Titanium hybrids do not replace Stainless Steel or Ceramic hybrids

Titanium hybrids expand the applications for thick film hybrids

Titanium Hybrids have inherent advantages over PCB's. Not only can they stand the heat, but also, they:

    are smaller in size

    are more reliable

    can be encapsulated for secrecy

    offer greater precision, and

    do not require mounting in a box