S A Prasad, There are only a handful of people in the world that can design for this temperature range (with over 30 years of experience in high temperature design, I count myself as one). Most multilayer Flex boards use an adhesive that tends to delaminate even at 200C. I would suggest you investigate thick film hybrids. These boards are made of ceramic, glass and metal and will do well at these temperatures for extended periods of time (they are manufactured at over 800C). If your circuit is simple, try a metal board with ceramic insulated metal post standoffs. At 500C, silicon will exhibit a large amount of leakage loss and will last only a few minutes -- if at all. MOSFETs only barely work. Silicon carbide transistors will do OK at these temperatures and Cree has made an experimental SiC Opamp for use at these temperatures. I would strongly suggest you find someone familiar with high temperature design before you generate more toast. Harold L. Snyder, Jr. Scientist & Consultant Begin Included Message dated 12/20/2004 10:54:51 PM Central Standard Time, prasadsa@xxxxxxxxxx writes: =================================== Hello All, I want some technical information from you for the PCB problem & details mentioned below. 1. Board type:Flex board 2. Material used : Polymide 0.5Oz copper clad 3. Layer & thickness :4 layer; 0.024" For the above material board becomes black & burnout at temperature [200-500degC]. I want to know what type of material is used to for the board to with stand high temperature upto 500deg. Board thickness & size will remain same. Can anyone please suggest. Thanking you, S A Prasad ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This e-mail is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited.If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately at prasadsa@xxxxxxxxxx and destroy the original message. While this e-mail and any attachments have been scanned for common computer viruses and found to be virus free, we recommend you also perform your own virus checking processes before opening any attachments. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =================================== End Included Message. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu