DC — 40 GHz Chip Termination - Mobility Engineering Technology

February 1, 2011

International Manufacturing Services, Inc. (IMS) (Portsmouth, RI) has announced the availability of their compact 0505 size chip termination rated at 25W characterized for DC to 40 GHz operation. The NDX-0505SG features Aluminum Nitride (AlN) substrate material, which is an environmentally-safe alternative to BeO and has demonstrated return loss better than 20 dB over a DC to 40 GHz. Terminal finishes for the NDX-0505SG can be RoHS compliant platinum silver or Sn62 solder fused over platinum silver. Applications for the NDX-0505SG chip termination include, but are not limited to, handheld radio terminals, RF test and measurement instrumentation, amplifier circuits and power converters.