Plastics. The sine qua non of electronics packaging

For applications ranging from inexpensive consumer electronics to sophisticated computing systems, the use of plastic packaging within the electronics industry continues to grow. Their low cost and ease of processing have given plastics wide application in solving problems of electronics packaging. Plastics are used as dielectric materials in cables and TAB packages. They are flexible, and have favorable dielectric constants; they withstand breakdown under applied voltage; and plastic packages for electronics application.