AD600 is a legacy product. This datasheet is provided for legacy users. Arlon encourages you to consider the higher performing, lower loss, tighter tolerance, higher thermal conductivity TC600. Lower cost, thicker options (assume greater than 0.100”) with tighter DK tolerance, may also be available as an improved AD600A. Arlon’s AD600 is a woven fiberglass reinforced, ceramic filled, PTFE-based composite materialfor use as a printed circuit board substrate. AD600 was designed to provide low dielectric loss, low insertion loss and mechanical robustness to the 6.15 dielectric constant market.Higher dielectric constant permits various degrees of circuit miniaturization, especially for microwave power dividers, power combiners, amplifiers, filters, couplers and other components that use low impedance lines. The 6.15 dielectric constant provides the miniaturization that is needed for small footprint antennas (GPS, DABSatellite Radio, Hand-held RFID Readers, etc.). AD600 is a “soft substrate” and is relatively insensitive to stress from vibration. The robust AD600 overcomes the brittleness of ceramics (such as alumina or LTCC) through the suspension of micro-dispersed ceramics in a relatively soft PTFE based substrate that is reinforced with woven fiberglass. This gives RF designers the advantages of low loss without sacrificing the mechanical robustness required to fulfill the needs of today’s shock, drop and impact testing requirements of today’s electronics. It is also preferred by board manufactures as it can be easily cut and routed without being overly sensitive.
Features: • Ceramic Filled High Dielectric Constant • Mechanically Robust; replaces brittle laminates that cannot withstand processing, impact or High G forces • Large Panel Sizes • High Peel Strength for Narrow Lines Benefits: • Circuit Miniaturization • Replace Ceramic in Some Applications • Improved Processing and Reliability • Large Panel Sizes for Multiple Circuit Layout and lower cost Processing • Typical Applications: • Microwave Combiner and Power Divider Boards • Power Amplifiers, Filters and Couplers • Smaller Footprint Antennas • Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Antennas (Satellite Radio) • GPS & Hand-held RFID Reader Antennas • Antennas in Hand-held RFID Readers
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