Packaging/Interconnects: Coaxial RF Connector Interface Works Up To 110 GHz

April 12, 2004

The W-1 coax connector works up to 110 GHz. It comes with male and female sparkplug connectors with center conductors consisting of a high-temperature plastic bead on one end and Teflon bead on the other. It also comes with female flange-mount connectors with center conductors consisting of a PPO bead on the front end and a Teflon bead on the back end. Based on the 1.00-mm coax connector front-side interface specified by IEEE Std 287, the 50-(omega) connector has a −16-dB voltage-standing-wave ratio at 110 GHz and insertion losses of 0.7 dB (sparkplug connector) and 0.6 dB (flange-mount connectors). Pricing for the connector starts at $595. Lead time is four to six weeks.

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.