Housings for radar circuitry

Product description

Osprey® CE13 controlled expansion (CE) alloy housing with Osprey® CE9 carrier replacing Kovar^* for use in land-based radar systems

Application area

Radar communications

CE alloys used

• Housing: Osprey® C13F
• Carrier: Osprey® CE9F
• Lids: Osprey® CE17F

Material replaced

Kovar^* with Cu-Mo heat spreaders

Advantages of using Osprey® CE11F controlled expansion alloy

• 1/3 the weight
• 6 times higher thermal conductivity than Kovar*.
• Fewer manufacturing steps (no Cu-Mo heat sinks are required)
• Ease of plating

^{*Kovar is a trademark of CRS Holding.}