A Look at Johnson's Cost-Savvy RF Connectors

Sept. 11, 2023

Johnson High Frequency SMA End Launch connectors offer a cost-effective alternative to similar high-frequency connector designs.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Microwaves & RF

This video is part of our IMS 2023 coverage.

Serving broadband MMIC power amplifiers, global positioning antennas, and other demanding RF applications, Johnson High Frequency SMA End Launch connectors offer a cost-effective alternative to similar high-frequency connector designs. Created to transition microwave energy from coaxial to planar transmission line structures, these surface-mount connectors support design engineers working on circuits using thin high-frequency board substrates.

Johnson RF Interconnect Solutions' High-Frequency End Launch connectors have an in-line connector design that minimizes reflections, compared to a right-angle or perpendicular board-mount transition. In this video, an engineer from Johnson describes various connector families.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF

Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.

Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.