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Isola is launching three new products for the RF and Microwave market, IS640-300 with a nominal dielectric constant of 3.00 at 10 GHz, IS640-320 with a nominal dielectric constant of 3.20 and IS640-325 with a nominal dielectric constant of 3.25.
IS640-300 has a dissipation factor less than 0.0032 at 10 GHz and -320 and -325 have dissipation factors around 0.0035. Available in 20, 30 and 60 mil thickness configurations, with others available on request. The patent-pending products are formulated to provide exceptional thickness and dielectric constant control without using inorganic fillers.
"We have seen that ceramic filled systems are tough to process due to the abrasive nature of the inorganic filler, leading to shorter drill life, lower peels and other processing issues," said Tarun Amla, VP and CTO.
Isola Group Sarl, isola-group.com
Measures .442" long x .184" wide x .030" thick. The passband is up to 2500 MHZ with a passband ripple of .01 dB. Second and third harmonic rejection is a minimum of 25 dB. The VSWR for the filter is a ratio of 1.1:1. The filter incorporates 5 sections with a 50 Ohm input and output.
Applications include wireless local area networks, microwave communication links, radar systems, and wireless sensors and controls.
IMS, ims-resistors.com
The announcement comes on the heels of the January release of Service Pack 1 (SP1), which provided customer feedback contributed on Altium's P-CAD Forum. The company gives service packs free of charge to licensed users.
"Altium is committed to the ongoing development of the P-CAD design system," said Nick Martin, founder and Joint CEO, Altium. "We are presenting our customers with a systematic, approachable and incremental way to realize value from their investments with Altium."
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for P-CAD is currently in beta testing and expected to release in the second quarter, with Service Pack 3 already planned for release in Q3.
Altium will deliver a variety of enhancements in SP2 designed to give greater power and control over the PCB design process. Productivity enhancements include Variants, which can now be defined in both schematic and PCB with full ECO support in both directions, as well as the ability to run multiple instances of all P-CAD applications.
The addition of backwards compatibility support facilitates staggered upgrades within companies and trouble-free interaction between internal and external organizations. Efficiency has been improved with layer ordering for printing and important improvements to copper pours.
SP2 will also come with increased routing power due to improvements to glossing and hugging performance, and the Specctra/Situs Exporter.
Altium Ltd., altium.com
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