Carbon PCB Process Specification
Carbon PCB Manufacturing & Technical Specifications
Substrate Cutting: Cut FR4 rigid / PI FPC material as per drawings and remove edge burrs.
Copper Surface Pretreatment: Treat copper foil to enhance carbon ink adherence.
Carbon Ink Screen Printing: Print resistive carbon traces to construct potentiometer sensing paths.
Carbon Layer Baking: Low temp curing ensures homogeneous carbon film and steady resistance.
Solder Mask Printing: Apply green solder mask or PI coverlay for insulation protection.
Legend Printing: Print part codes and identification marks.
Drilling & Profiling: Drill holes, punch or route custom shapes such as rings, arcs and gamepad layouts.
Resistance Testing: 100% check resistance and connectivity, filter defective products.
Final Inspection & Packing: Inspect for scratches and open circuits, vacuum moisture-proof packaging.
Working principle: Print conductive carbon paste on etched PCB substrates,
cure under heat to form resistive carbon traces for contact position sensing.
Game Controller Carbon PCB (PS2, XBOX compatible)
Resistance: 1KΩ - 1MΩ | Tolerance ±10%
Heat resistance: 260℃±5℃, 5 sec, △TR ≤ ±50%
Cycle life: ≥1 million cycles
Automotive Carbon PCB (Wiper, light, AC control parts)
Resistance: 1KΩ -1MΩ | Tolerance ±1%
Linearity error: ±1%
TCR: ±800PPM (-40℃ ~ +85℃)
Cycle life: ≥1 million cycles
Speed Control Carbon PCB
Resistance: 1Ω -3MΩ | Tolerance ±1%
Linearity error: ±1%
Cycle life: ≥1 million cycles
Custom options: Custom shapes, arc carbon tracks, customized resistance
& tolerance for your sensing application.
Carbon PCB Production Line
Carbon PCB full production workflow:
Our carbon PCB production is carried out in dust-free clean workshop.
After substrate pretreatment, precision screen printers print conductive
carbon ink onto PCB/FPC substrates.
Carbon layers go through low-temperature curing, then solder mask printing, routing,
100% resistance testing and final inspection.
We offer in-house one-stop service from carbon PCB prototype to mass order,
and support follow-up SMT PCBA assembly.
- FR4 raw material incoming quality inspection
- Drilling, routing and copper circuit etching of base PCB
- Surface cleaning & dust removal
- Screen printing conductive carbon oil on designated circuit area
- High-temperature oven curing for carbon ink solidification
- Electrical testing: resistance value, linearity & heat resistance inspection
- Protective coating application
AOI visual inspection and final functional test
We have full in-house production line,
strictly control carbon ink thickness and uniformity,
support custom carbon track pattern, prototype trial and mass volume manufacturing.



