API Technologies Offers Filtered Circular Connectors Direct To The European Market

High performance, specialty connectors available with shortened lead time, lower cost

API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power and security solutions for high-reliability applications, now offers its filtered circular connectors direct to the European market. These custom and specialty filtered connectors, which API has offered to the US market for over 20 years, will now be designed and manufactured in the UK, offering improved product access worldwide.

Ideal for use in commercial and military avionics, missile systems, communications systems as well as navigation and radar systems, these custom high reliability connectors offer superior quality and performance over a wide temperature range of -55°C to 125°C.

Built to meet stringent MIL specifications and a broad spectrum of environment requirements, API’s filtered circular connectors are available in power, signal, and coax line combinations. The products also feature custom shells to suit customer specifications, with multiple terminations and removable crimp contacts also available upon request.

 “Our vertically integrated manufacturing approach, which features in-house-made ceramic components, allows us to offer our filtered EMI connectors at competitive prices with accelerated lead times for European buyers,” said Matthew Richards, senior vice president and managing director of RF2M UK and SSIA International, API Technologies. “We are pleased to add this enhanced product capability to our Great Yarmouth, UK location, which has served as a trusted supplier to European defense and aviation customers for over 70 years.”

Technical Specifications

• Operating temperature range of -55°C to 125°C
• Capacitance up to 1 µF
• Capacitance tolerance of ±10%, ±20% and +100%
• Voltage rating up to 500 VDC
• Dielectric withstanding voltage up to 1,500 VDC
• Dissipation factor of <4%
• Insulation resistance of 1,000 MΩ-µF or 10GΩ

Product Page: http://micro.apitech.co.uk/uk/products/filtered-circular-connectors/

API Technologies’ Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS) line offers a broad range of vertically integrated EMI/RFI solutions from standard components to complex assemblies including power filters, film capacitors, single- and multi-line filters, and filtered terminal blocks. The line also features a broad range of standard and custom magnetic devices (transformers, inductors, chokes, and coils), as well as custom and specialty filtered connectors, cables, and harnessing products. For more information, visit http://eis.apitech.com.

About API Technologies Corp.
API Technologies is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance systems, subsystems, modules, and components for technically demanding RF, microwave, millimeter wave, electromagnetic, power, and security applications.  A high-reliability technology pioneer with over 70 years of heritage, API Technologies products are used by global defense, industrial, and commercial customers  in the areas of commercial aerospace, wireless communications, medical, oil and gas, electronic warfare, unmanned systems, C4ISR, missile defense, harsh environments, satellites, and space. For more information, visit http://www.apitech.com.