Communication Infrastructure

Power amplifiers, controller boards and components are key elements to overall function of base stations in today's wireless communication networks. Electrical performance and high power management are often the deciding factors in the materials selection for these applications. RO3000 and RO4000 series materials have proven to have the properties needed by the design engineers in developing more advanced systems while at the same time doing so in a cost effective way. Tight control of dielectric constant, low loss performance and above all high thermal conductivity are the features that have made these products the best choice in the market.

Antennas using RF/microwave materials can be found in base station networks, bluetooth systems, RFID readers and satellite radio receivers. Although the systems where these antennas operate can be quite different from each other, there are several key properties about the materials used that are common among them. Antenna materials require good control of dielectric constant and low loss, availability of products worldwide and a cost in-line with the value each material brings to the designers. Rogers products offered to this market range from the RO3000® series materials - the best electrical performance of all commercial products to the RO4500™ series materials - the best cost effective solutions.

	RO3000® and RO3200™ series High Frequency Laminates (PTFE/Ceramic) Some Typical Applications: Automotive collision avoidance systems, Automotive global positioning satellite antennas, cellular and pager telecommunication systems, patch antennas for wireless communications, direct broadcast satellites, datalink on cable systems, remote meter readers, power backplanes.

	RO4000® Series High Frequency Circuit Materials (Woven glass reinforced, ceramic filled thermoset) Some Typical Applications: LNB for direct broadcast satellites, Cellular base station antennas and power amplifiers, Spread spectrum communications systems, RF identification tags, automated test equipment, high speed backplanes and line cards, high frequency automotive electronics.

	RT/duroid® 5870/5880 Glass Microfiber Reinforced PTFE Composites Some Typical Applications: Military radar systems, missile guidance systems, point to point digital radio antennas, millimeter wave applications, microstrip and stripline circuits, commercial airline telephones.

	RT/duroid® 6002, 6202, 6006, 6010 PTFE/Ceramic Laminates RT/duroid® 6002, 6202, 6202PR Laminates: Some Typical Applications: Phase array antennas, ground based and airborne radar systems, global positioning systems antennas, power backplane, high reliability complex multilayer circuits, commercial airline collision avoidance systems, beam forming networks. RT/duroid 6006 and 6010 Laminates: Some Typical Applications: Space saving circuitry, patch antennas, satellite communication systems, power amplifiers, aircraft collisions avoidance systems, ground radar warning systems.

	TMM® Thermoset Microwave Laminates (Thermoset ceramic loaded plastic) Some Typical Applications: RF and microwave circuitry. global positioning system antennas, power amplifiers and combiners, patch antennas, temperature stable filters and couplers, dielectric polarizers and lens, satellite communication systems, chip testers.

	ULTRALAM® 2000 Woven Glass PTFE Laminates Some Typical Applications: Antenna for wireless communications systems, cellular base stations, LAN systems, automotive electronics, satellite TV receivers, microwave & RF components, radar systems, mobile communication systems, microwave test equipment

	ULTRALAM® 3000 Series Liquid Crystalline Polymer Circuit Materials Some Typical Applications: High speed switches and routers, chip packaging, MEMs, military satellites and radar, sensors, hybrid substrates, handhelds and RF devices, base station antennas.