Link Microtek European Microwave Week 2013 preview

6th August 2013

Nat Bowers

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Link Microtek have revealed that they will be exhibiting at the European Microwave Week 2013 exhibition at stand 249. Link Microtek’s key product highlight of EuMW 2013 will be a new broadband dual-channel coaxial rotary joint, employing special contacting technology to extend operations life in commercial and military satellite communications applications.

Designed and manufactured by Link Microtek, the compact AMCORJD rotary joint is ideal for use in small-footprint stabilised VSAT antennas, which are commonly installed on board maritime vessels, in vehicles and in ground-based systems to allow access to broadband communication services.

Providing one DC-18GHz transmit channel featuring a maximum VSWR of 1.8:1, the new broadband rotary joint has a power handling capability of 200W CW across the full frequency band, together with a second DC-4GHz channel for receive signals. Maximum insertion loss is 1.5dB for channel one and 0.2dB for channel two. Isolation between the channels is specified as 50dB.

The AMCORJD features a body diameter of 32mm and an overall length of just 38mm excluding the SMA female connectors, making it particularly suited to space-critical applications.

Fabricated in aluminium with an Iridite finish, the rotary joint incorporates a 51mm-diameter bulkhead flange as standard and can also be supplied with an integral slip-ring assembly if required.