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Isola's RF-Substrate Conversion Program Gains Momentum in Partnership With InnoSenT and KSG

DGAP-News: Isola Group
Isola's RF-Substrate Conversion Program Gains Momentum in Partnership
With InnoSenT and KSG

19.08.2014 / 19:00

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CHANDLER, Ariz., 2014-08-19 19:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Isola Group S.a r.l., a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric
prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards
(PCBs), today announced a major qualification win in partnership with KSG
Leiterplatten GmbH and InnoSenT GmbH. The joint conversion project among the
three companies successfully tailored the dielectric properties of Isola's
high-performance I-Tera(r) MT laminate material to match the properties of an
incumbent product. Isola's dielectric substrates will now be used on existing
volume products produced by InnoSenT, and the printed circuit boards will be
manufactured by KSG. The conversion to Isola's materials provides InnoSenT with
higher performance material without modifying the metallization of the PCB.
Test results show that I-Tera MT delivers a lower insertion loss thereby
increasing the safety margin of the system design.

Isola's RF-engineering experts used an extensive suite of electronic design
automation tools in the conversion initiative with InnoSenT and KSG, including
simulation models of the critical test structures used to characterize the
properties of PCBs. These simulations and analyses were able to target the
required dielectric constant (Dk) of I-Tera MT. Isola's R&D was then able to
engineer the dielectric properties of I-Tera MT to match the desired Dk at the
operating frequency. Working closely with the technical teams at KSG and
InnoSenT, Isola's RF-engineering experts and R&D staff completed the task in
only a few days. Subsequently, Isola's R&D staff analyzed the tailored I-Tera
MT materials using multiple techniques to verify and validate the desired Dk.
I-Tera MT materials are currently in scale-up for production.

To inquire about the 24-hour design review service, please contact
[e-mail] or visit
http://www.isola-group.com/conversion-service. For more information about the
company's RF materials, please visit
http://www.isola-group.com/product-category/broadband-telecommunications-rf-micr
owave/.

About Isola

Isola Group S.a r.l., headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, is a global material
sciences company focused on designing, developing, manufacturing, and marketing
copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs used to fabricate advanced
multilayer printed circuit boards. The company's high-performance materials are