Communication & Radar Composites
Advanced composites are used in a variety of electronics applications including communication, radar, and other sensor devices. One growth area is the use of Ka, Ku and other satellite communication frequency bands. Carbon fiber is used to provide superior stiffness, dimensional stability over the operating temperature range, and light-weight properties. Fiberglass, quartz composites, and sandwich construction (including cores of honeycomb or foam) are often used due to radiolucent properties in applications involving various frequency bands.
Composiflex Supports
To support communication and radar composite customers, Composiflex offers:
- Advice from engineers with decades of expert industry experience
- Material property testing to support FEA
- Verification testing
- Mechanical load and impact testing
- Program management
- In-house tooling design and manufacturing capabilities
- Complete vertical integration of manufacturing processes
- Metallization options for EMI and other performance requirements
- Component integration and assembly
Composiflex offers analysis, testing, and project management to support our customers needs.
Applications
The applications that Composiflex supports include:
- Radomes
- Antenna systems and embedded antennas
- Enclosures, payloads, and pods
- Solid and segmented parabolic dish antennas
- Telescoping legs and masts
