RF Coaxial Assemblies
Volex RF Technologies
Data Sheet
RF Coaxial Assemblies
Antenna
RF Product Roadmap • Braided Flexible Cables - Solid Teflon dielectric - Tape wrapped or expanded Teflon dielectric (low loss)
• Semi-Rigid Cables - Copper & Aluminum Jacket - Hand-formable (tin-soaked) • Corrugated Jumpers & High Performance Braided Cables - Polyethylene dielectric with corrugated or braided outer conductor
Semi-Rigid
1/4 Wave Stub
Delay Line
Volex offers a full range of RF cable assemblies including, flexible, conformable, semi-rigid, corrugated and phase matched assemblies. All our cable assemblies are engineered to meet the stringent electrical and mechanical requirements of the latest industry standard specifications. With our in-house design expertise and state-of-theart RF test equipment we can offer a wide variety of RF cable assemblies designed to your specification. Our products include, standard coaxial cable assemblies; precision phase matched assemblies manufactured in an environmentally stabilized environment; and compound data and RF injection molded assemblies. Volex has the capability and the experience to offer a quality product, manufactured in a flexible and cost competitive environment.
Applications • • • •
Telecoms base stations Antenna systems Test & measurement equipment Telemetry systems
www.volex.com
Volex RF Technologies
Data Sheet
Features & Benefits Electrical Testing & Design
Environmental & Mechanical Testing
• RF: Return Loss (VSWR), Insertion Loss, Passive Intermodulation (PIM), Phase, Time Domain
•
Environmental Chamber (-73C to +190C for qualification testing and mechanical stress relief)
• Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) test capability to 50 GHz.
•
Water immersion capability
•
Linear measurement
• µΩ & mΩ measurement capability, High Potential (High Pot) testing
•
Tension testing (Pull-test)
• Automated test data collection available
•
Pin retention
• Other tests performed per specification
•
Connector pin depth and height
• Solid Works & Auto Cad design packages
•
Optical comparison
Production & Product Assembly
Cable Assemblies
• Induction or Resistive Soldering
•
Braided cable assembly: RG & Mil specification, Low Loss and High Performance assemblies
•
Semi-Rigid & Millimeter Wave: Copper or Aluminum, Conformable & Tin Filled braid
•
Phase Matched assemblies: Delay Lines/Coils
•
1/4 Wave Stub assemblies
•
Custom assemblies: manufactured with splitters, combiners
•
Compound or Hybrid products: manufactured and designed upon request, incl. coax with data cables, molded assemblies, power & RF
•
Choice of connectors and connector types, cable and cable types available
• Automated cable end preparation • Environmentally controlled lab and production available for demanding measurements • ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia
For more information, please contact: West Coast USA Volex Inc. 44250 Osgood Road Fremont, CA 94539 T 510 360 5250 F 510 354 0850 E [email protected]
East Coast USA Volex Inc. 1123 Industrial Drive SW Conover, NC 28613 T 828 464 4546 F 828 464 8465 E [email protected]
Canada Volex Canada Inc. 50 Frank Nighbor Place Kanata, Ontario, K2V 1B9 T 613 591 6500 F 613 591 3806 E [email protected]
Europe Volex Europe Ltd. Breaffy Road Castlebar, Co. Mayo Ireland T +353 94 23444 F +353 94 23741 E [email protected]
Asia Volex (Asia) Pte Ltd. 35 Tampines Street 92 Singapore 528880 T +65 6788 7833 F +65 6788 7822 E [email protected]
Data Sheet
RF Coaxial Assemblies
Antenna
RF Product Roadmap • Braided Flexible Cables - Solid Teflon dielectric - Tape wrapped or expanded Teflon dielectric (low loss)
• Semi-Rigid Cables - Copper & Aluminum Jacket - Hand-formable (tin-soaked) • Corrugated Jumpers & High Performance Braided Cables - Polyethylene dielectric with corrugated or braided outer conductor
Semi-Rigid
1/4 Wave Stub
Delay Line
Volex offers a full range of RF cable assemblies including, flexible, conformable, semi-rigid, corrugated and phase matched assemblies. All our cable assemblies are engineered to meet the stringent electrical and mechanical requirements of the latest industry standard specifications. With our in-house design expertise and state-of-theart RF test equipment we can offer a wide variety of RF cable assemblies designed to your specification. Our products include, standard coaxial cable assemblies; precision phase matched assemblies manufactured in an environmentally stabilized environment; and compound data and RF injection molded assemblies. Volex has the capability and the experience to offer a quality product, manufactured in a flexible and cost competitive environment.
Applications • • • •
Telecoms base stations Antenna systems Test & measurement equipment Telemetry systems
www.volex.com
Volex RF Technologies
Data Sheet
Features & Benefits Electrical Testing & Design
Environmental & Mechanical Testing
• RF: Return Loss (VSWR), Insertion Loss, Passive Intermodulation (PIM), Phase, Time Domain
•
Environmental Chamber (-73C to +190C for qualification testing and mechanical stress relief)
• Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) test capability to 50 GHz.
•
Water immersion capability
•
Linear measurement
• µΩ & mΩ measurement capability, High Potential (High Pot) testing
•
Tension testing (Pull-test)
• Automated test data collection available
•
Pin retention
• Other tests performed per specification
•
Connector pin depth and height
• Solid Works & Auto Cad design packages
•
Optical comparison
Production & Product Assembly
Cable Assemblies
• Induction or Resistive Soldering
•
Braided cable assembly: RG & Mil specification, Low Loss and High Performance assemblies
•
Semi-Rigid & Millimeter Wave: Copper or Aluminum, Conformable & Tin Filled braid
•
Phase Matched assemblies: Delay Lines/Coils
•
1/4 Wave Stub assemblies
•
Custom assemblies: manufactured with splitters, combiners
•
Compound or Hybrid products: manufactured and designed upon request, incl. coax with data cables, molded assemblies, power & RF
•
Choice of connectors and connector types, cable and cable types available
• Automated cable end preparation • Environmentally controlled lab and production available for demanding measurements • ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia
For more information, please contact: West Coast USA Volex Inc. 44250 Osgood Road Fremont, CA 94539 T 510 360 5250 F 510 354 0850 E [email protected]
East Coast USA Volex Inc. 1123 Industrial Drive SW Conover, NC 28613 T 828 464 4546 F 828 464 8465 E [email protected]
Canada Volex Canada Inc. 50 Frank Nighbor Place Kanata, Ontario, K2V 1B9 T 613 591 6500 F 613 591 3806 E [email protected]
Europe Volex Europe Ltd. Breaffy Road Castlebar, Co. Mayo Ireland T +353 94 23444 F +353 94 23741 E [email protected]
Asia Volex (Asia) Pte Ltd. 35 Tampines Street 92 Singapore 528880 T +65 6788 7833 F +65 6788 7822 E [email protected]
