Continuous production of glass-coated microwires and the applications for broadband noise suppression composite sheets

A system and a method were developed for continuous production of glass-coated microwires with controllable glass thickness and metallic core diameter. Fe-Si-Al flakes were fabricated by planetary ball milling using ethanol as a dispersant. A composite noise suppression sheet was prepared with glass-coated microwires combined with Fe-Si-Al flakes. The characteristics of the conduction noise suppression of the composite sheet were evaluated on a microstrip line in gigahertz frequencies. The conduction electromagnetic noise was effectively suppressed by the composite sheet in broad-band frequency region; the power loss is greater than 70% in the frequency range from 0.7 to 8.5 GHz. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.