[Legacy Report] Secrets of Low Loss coaxial cables

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This paper describes the 2012 USA state of the art of practical low loss flexible Coaxial cable and the associated connectors for use up to 50 GHz. These cables are suitable for system and test cable use. The physical and electronic effects of different cable constructions will be addressed. Data is presented showing some of the effects of temperature vs phase of different generic constructions and of the use of different dielectric materials. Data on some practical solutions to the PTFE phase “knee” will be presented.

Rich Pouliot Richard Pouliot holds BSEE, MSEE and MBA degrees from Northeastern University. He worked on RF Instruments, RF Components. and TV Broadcast Antennas at Alford Manufacturing Company Inc ( Now Teleplex Alford). He was a US Army Captain where he worked on Radar systems. He is a founder and current Chief Engineer of RF Depot.com (formerly Applied Engineering Consultants Inc.) a manufacturing distributor specializing in coaxial adapters, coaxial connectors, coaxial cable, cable assemblies and beam forming networks.

He is a member of the IEEE and with Dr, Raymond Schwartz won a best paper award at the 1974
Electronic connector symposium proceedings in Cherry Hill, NJ, USA.

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