Dielectric materials suitable for patch antenna designs
Isola Group has announced that its Astra MT laminate materials have been successfully evaluated with Freescale Semiconductor radar ICs. Freescale, a leader in ICs for ADAS 77GHz radar, teamed with RFbeam Microwave to perform the evaluation. Isola will demonstrate an example in booth 1135 at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015.
The Astra MT dielectric materials are suitable for patch antenna designs and RF front-end PCBs for 76-81GHz radar applications. The materials enable a higher yield in RF-hybrid PCB manufacturing, reducing production costs. The booth demonstration will highlight the reliable electrical performance in wide field-of-view radar applications for automotive systems.
Tarun Amla, Executive Vice President and CEO, Isola, said: "We are very pleased with the verification and validation results for Astra MT materials on the Freescale reference design. Astra MT was engineered for harsh automotive environments and offers a very low cost of manufacturing, higher thermal reliability, better dimensional stability and is available to customers worldwide."
Léon Audergon, Engineering Director, RFbeam Microwave, commented: “Astra MT laminates were used without any modification with the Freescale radar ICs. We did not see any difference in the performance compared with PTFE products in our first attempt. The product offers ease of manufacturing compared to PTFE products, as it processes similarly to FR-4 materials."
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