Selecting Materials For RF Microwave Millimeter Wave Designs Isola Sm

Fifth Generation (5G) wireless cellular networks promise performance that will meet every mobile user’s need, including reliable voice service, fast data, and steady video links. But such achievements will not come overnight, and they will call for a 5G network infrastructure with more cell sites…

Today, we announced that Isola has joined Principal Mineral. For more than 100 years, Isola has been a premier global manufacturer of copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs – the high-performance materials at the heart of printed circuit boards. Our products are trusted by leading companies…

Isola’s Astra MT77 product enables RF/MW designers to get similar electrical performance traditionally associated with ceramic-filled PTFE systems. The laminate material is a tightly controlled and very low dielectric constant of 3.0, an ultra-low dissipation factor of 0.0017, as well as using the very…