RF-Transparent Surface Treatments

Superhydrophobic, Hydrophobic, Oleophobic

Select Performance Data for VIRIDYN RF Transparent Coatings

  
          Estimated Thermal Optical Property Data
      
VIRIDYN Coating
        Solar Absorptance (αs)
        Infrared Emissivity (ε)
      
    VIRIDYN RF (hydrophobic, transparent, glass-like)
        Very low (near 0)
        High (~0.7—0.9)
      
        VIRIDYN MX Olive Drab (superhydrophobic, matte, semi-opaque)
        ~0.7+
        ~0.75+
      
        VIRIDYN RO4 (standard frosty-white, superhydrophobic matte, semi-opaque)
        ~0.20–0.30
        ~0.85–0.92

  
          VIRIDYN RO-Series Insertion Loss Data
      
Operating Frequency
        RF insertion loss (decibels dB)
      
    Ku, K, and Ka Bands (12 – 40 GHz
        Less than 2 decibels DB
      
        Millimeter-Wave Bands (76 – 81 GHz+)
        Less than 2 decibels DB