AmphenolCommunication and Network Products Division

Amphenol CNPD Design Engineering Department’s implementation of ANSOFT 3D

High Frequency Structure Simulator

Projects to demonstrate the wide variety of devices and structures designed and fabricated

AmphenolCommunication and Network Products Division

• 7-16 Cable Plug for use with .141 Semi-Rigid Cable

• Car Mounted Antenna Assembly in Rotatable Housing

• CATV Pedestal Splice Block

• Designing the Best Launch Conditions for an MCX Receptacle on Microstrip

• Cellular Handset Surface Mount Antenna Switch with matching Circuit Connections

• Dual Band Quarter Wave Stub Lightning Protector

• 26 Ghz Single Pole Single Throw SMA Switch for GPS application

• Designing the Best Launch Conditions for an SMB Edge Mounted Receptacle on Grounded Coplanar Waveguide

• PCS Band RF Sniffer

•Stripline Mounted Cell Phone Antenna Connector

•Antenna Test Port Switch

Electric Field Plots

Proprietary Connector Design used in Mobile Satellite Antenna- Cable Assembly has SMA and MCX

Connectors

Optimize Design to Minimize Return Loss in Frequency Band of Interest

Insertion Loss Analyzed as a Function of

Connector Contact Plating

Specify launch Conditions to

Minimize Reflections

CATV Pedestal Splice Block

Time DomainFrequency Domain

SPST Antenna Switch with Matching Circuit Connections-Mated and Unmated

Adjust Connector design to Compensate for Switch

Reflections

Compensate for Reflections at Launch to Minimize Return Loss

Coupling

Return Loss

Insertion Loss

Microstrip Launched Broadband Cell Phone Antenna

Antenna Radiation and Far Field Patterns

S- Parameter Data

Phone Closed Phone Open

Antenna Test Port Switch

SMA-Special MCX Switch

Adapter