High Frequency RF Interconnects

As the frequency of RF packages climb up and beyond 60 GHz, microstrip and waveguide line widths diminish with substrate thickness and the limitations of traditional interconnect bonding techniques reach their limitations.  Printed 3D Interconnects made with Aerosol Jet® printing provide package designers and RF engineers a new tool to tailor the impedance of transition interconnects, designing the loss characteristics to the application need and eliminating the need to compensate for poor signal through loss and back reflection behavior driven by impedance mismatch.  Printed 3D interconnects made with Aerosol Jet can be digitally designed to [...]

3D Microstructures

3D Microstructures Optomec breakthroughs in 3D Printing enables micron-scale smart structures. ACCESS WHITEPAPER Customers are using 3D printing to evolve their manufacturing capabilities in support of next generation product requirements. With 3D printing, various materials such as polymers and metals can be fabricated into functional components without the need for additional manufacturing steps. 3D Printing’s direct digital manufacturing process enables functional product optimization, reducing process steps and material usage making 3D printing a cost-effective, green technology. This new breakthrough in 3D printing technology extends additive manufacturing into the creation of micron scale polymer structures and [...]

The Internet of Things

The Internet of Things Optomec helps make consumer and industrial devices smart and connected with 3D Printed sensors and antennas for Internet of Things applications. Optomec high-volume production solutions can print conformal electronics such as antennas and sensors onto a variety of substrates, making Optomec a key partner for enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical devices or “things” embedded with the ability to sense, collect, analyze and communicate data. These smart, connected IoT devices take many forms, from wearables and handhelds for mobile users to high-value, electro-mechanical components [...]