Blind mate microwave coaxial push-on connectors are now available

Available from stock through East Coast Microwave, a subsidiary of Powell Electronics, is Corning's range of Gilbert microwave coaxial push-on connectors. The company holds the largest inventory worldwide for these connectors, bullets, adapters, blocks and extractions tools. Developed for demanding aerospace, defence and test and measurement applications, the range includes proven and popular GPO, GPPO, G3PO and G4PO series connectors.

All the connector series can be blind mated and accommodate radial and axial misalignment with negligible VSWR change to ensure high performance in high-stress environments.

Technical details of GPO series components include a centre-to-centre spacing of 0.17" and a weight of just 0.17g. Available adapters are SMA, 2.4mm and 2.92mm. GPPO series connectors provide a centre-to-centre spacing of 0.135" and a weight of only 0.09g. Adapters to SMA, 2.4mm and 1.85mm are available. G3PO series devices have a centre-to-centre spacing of 0.085" and a weight of only 0.2mg. Available adapters include SMA, 2.4mm and 1.85mm. G4PO series connectors feature a centre-to-centre spacing of 0.07" and a weight of 5mg. Adapters to SMA, 1.85mm and 2.92mm are available.

Also, the company provides custom cable assembly services for the connector series with semi-rigid, conformable and flexible coaxial cables ranging from 0.141", 0.086", 0.047" and even 0.041" (for G4PO series connectors with flexible cables).v