NUVOTRONICS HAS DEVELOPED AND OPTIMIZED THE POLYSTRATATM PROCESS FOR THE FABRICATION OF INTRICATE MICROWAVE…

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NUVOTRONICS HAS DEVELOPED AND OPTIMIZED THE POLYSTRATATM PROCESS FOR THE FABRICATION OF INTRICATE MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE DEVICES. THESE DEVICES HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN RECTANGULAR COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES, ALTHOUGH RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDE AND OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE ALSO BEEN DEMONSTRATED. INTRICATE DEVICES HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED WITH INSERTION LOSS 5 TO 10 TIMES LOWER THAN TRADITIONAL PLANAR CIRCUITS; ISOLATION BETTER THAN 60DB FOR LINES THAT SHARE SEPARATING WALLS; MULTIPLE LEVELS OF DENSELY-PACKED COAXIAL CIRCUITS; AND LOW-PARASITIC ATTACHMENT TO ACTIVE DEVICES AND TRADITIONAL CIRCUIT BOARDS. IN THIS PHASE II PROJECT, NUVOTRONICS WILL OPTIMIZE AND FABRICATE HIGH DENSITY LOW-LOSS MILLIMETER BACKPLANE CIRCUITS TO PACKAGE AND INTERCONNECT COMPONENTS OF FUTURE NASA MILLIMETER WAVE (MMW) RADARS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INNOVATION PRIMARILY LIES IN THREE AREAS: REDUCTION OF SYSTEM SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOSS IN MMW RADARS. THE POLYSTRATA TECHNOLOGY IS A BATCH MANUFACTURING PROCESS, PROVIDING ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND COST REDUCTION FOR HIGHER VOLUMES, IN ADDITION TO FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGN FOR VARIOUS FREQUENCIES OF INTEREST.