| Tyco Electronics manufactures a wide variety of antennas to
support numerous applications ranging from cellular telephones to satellite radio systems to counter
measure defense systems.
Antenna Products Group The Antenna Products Group produces embedded antennas
from 400 MHz to 6 GHz, predominantly for voice, data, and Bluetooth applications. Product brands
produced by this group are Rangestar and MID.
Primary Technologies
- Stamped Metal Antennas
- Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Antennas
- Molded Interconnect Device (MID) technology
using selective electroless metal plating of molded plastic parts to achieve low-cost internal antennas.
- Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) Technology
- Active, high performance RF/Microwave
antennas
A Molded Interconnect Device (MID) is defined as: "an
injection molded plastic substrate which incorporates a conductive circuit pattern, and integrates both
mechanical and electrical functions. A MID can be either two or three dimensional and can be applied to
a variety of applications. Advances in new materials, two shot injection molding techniques, progressive
electroless plating and fine pitch laser technology now can be combined to address stringent requirements
and designs. Those would include: RF Connectors, antennas, chip scale packaging, switches, sensors,
harnesses, LED holders, lighting fixtures, EMI/RFI shielding & various peripheral components.
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