Cables/Connecting
Link Microtek claims industry first with development of PCB-mounting coaxial rotary joint
Link Microtek’s Engineering Division has introduced what is believed to be the industry’s first commercially available PCB-mounting coaxial rotary joint.
Featuring an extremely wide operating frequency range of DC to 5GHz, the AMCORJ-PCB-SCA1 device is designed to allow a coaxial cable to be rotated through 360 degrees while connected to a printed circuit board.
It iManufactured from Alochromed aluminium, the rotary joint incorporates a standard female SMA-type connector and a
high-quality bearing to ensure the highest levels of reliability. It is a rugged, compact device with a diameter of only 16mm and a height of just 38mm.
The new rotary joint offers first-class performance, with minimal loss of signal strength: at 5GHz it has a maximum insertion loss of 0.3dB and a return loss of better than 16dB, while at 27MHz the insertion loss is only 0.1dB and the return loss just 25dB.