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Introduction

Spectrum Control’s line of surface mount resistive products. Powerfilm includes surface mount attenuators, terminations, and resistors. These highly configurable resistive components are designed for your high power, high reliability applications. 

Overview

The Powerfilm team partners with clients to optimize outcomes. Power handling, peak power, dB values, heat management, even material and environmental requirements. Contact the Powerfilm team at the start of your design. Working together, we will optimize your application’s performance.

Competitive Advantage

Only Powerfilm offers the flexibility to match materials and resistor technology to support your unique application.

Core Differentiators:

The Powerfilm applications team helps you choose the right resistors and terminations from our catalog to enable the best possible performance, and to deliver custom designs, as needed.

  • Support for both high-performing BeO and environmentally-friendly AlN solutions
  • Support for high-frequency solutions with thin- film resistors and high-power solutions with thick-film resistors
  • Multiple terminal/wrap configurations
  • Custom designs available
  • Deliver the exact quantity of resistives needed
  • Small size and weight
  • Optimized for automated high-volume assembly (SWAP-C)
  • Designed, tested, manufactured and supported from our Ann Arbor, Michigan facility

Explore our Line of Surface Mount Resistives

New Product Launch! 40PCA3060. Powerfilm chip attenuator. Rated to 40 GHz.

Chip Attenuators: Powerfilm chip attenuators are used in amplifier circuits, receivers, up/down converters, phase-matched arrays, and switching applications. Chips are fabricated on BeO, Aluminum Nitride, or Alumina ceramics with either thin or thick resistors.

chip-attenuators

 
flange mount attenuators

 

 Flange Mount Attenuators: Flange attenuators are often used in high-power amplifiers and as terminating attenuators in isolators where lower-level signal sampling may be required. Standard dB values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 20, and 30 for frequencies up to 4 GHz and power levels up to 250 Watts. Other designs available.  
  Chip Terminations: Powerfilm chip terminations and resistors with standard values of 50 and 100 ohm are available in wide selection of sizes and with various solder, silver, or gold finish options. chip terminations

 
flange terminations

 

 Flange Terminations: Powerfilm flange terminations with standard values of 50 and 100 ohm are available for frequencies up to 7 GHz and power levels up to 1250 Watts average. Flange sizes vary from 0.3”x 0.2" to 1.9”x 1.0". Other designs available upon request.  
  Chip Resistors: These surface-mount components are often used in hybrid attenuators and Wilkinson power dividers. chip resistors

 
flange resistors

 

 Flange Resistors: Powerfilm flange terminations with standard values of 50 and 100 ohm are available for frequencies up to 7 GHz and power levels up to 1250 Watts average. Flange sizes vary from 0.3”x 0.2" to 1.9”x 1.0". Other designs available upon request.  
  And More: Not sure yet of your exact requirements? Not to worry. Our highly experienced Applications support team is here to help you deliver the performance needed for your solution. Contact us today.

PCA3060

 

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Selection Guide

The Powerfilm team is ready to help you with product selection, engineering and application support, product testing including MIL-spec qualification, and on-time delivery, all from our US based facility. To get started, download the Powerfilm selection guide.

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