A bundled micro coaxial cable is an assembly of multiple individually shielded 50 Ω micro coaxial elements — typically 42 or 44 AWG — combined into a single flexible harness with a common outer jacket. Each element maintains its own aluminum-polyester foil and silver-plated copper…
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Micro coaxial cable is manufactured in two physical formats: round bundle (multi-core) and ribbon (flat). Both formats use the same individually shielded 50 Ω elements — identical conductor, dielectric, shield, and jacket construction at the element level. The difference is how elements are arranged: concentrically…
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Cable capacitance is the silent performance thief in ultrasound and NDT systems. Every picofarad per meter of cable capacitance acts as a shunt to ground for the signal — attenuating high-frequency echo signals before they reach the beamformer or flaw detector input. At 10 MHz…
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Every micro coaxial cable has a characteristic impedance — the ratio of voltage to current for a traveling electromagnetic wave, determined by conductor diameter, dielectric constant, and shield geometry. The two standard impedances are 50 Ω and 75 Ω. Choosing incorrectly causes impedance mismatch reflections…
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