ABSTRACT
High temperature polymers, typically those with a glass transition temperature greater than 150°C, are key materials in the computer electronics industry. There are four major areas in the electronics industry that demand high temperature polymers: computer electronics, information storage, displays, and communications. Because the processing and lifetime requirements for materials used in the electronics industry are very complex, rigorous testing takes enormous amounts of time and expense. The most stringent requirement for polymers used in magnetic storage devices is the necessity to be noncontaminating. Electronic applications include replacing wires on printed circuit boards (PCBs) as an inexpensive, robust, and aesthetically pleasing means for engineering changes; and resistor-to-ground terminators for plug pin sockets. Optoelectronics components may or may not be part of high-performance electronics packages. New developments in information transmission such as the information highway and video-on-demand have put new emphasis on the interface between electrically disseminated and optically transported information. Electrically conducting polymers hold interesting promise for the electronics industry.
