Introduction
• Facility qualified to MIL-STD-790 during first round of
audits for filter manufacturers.
HIGH-REL EMI FILTERS
Noise is the enemy of good engineering design. Properly
installed EMI filters suppress such electromagnetic interfer-
ence on power and signal lines, while allowing desired sig-
nals to pass. For critical EMI filter applications, high reliability
is of the utmost importance.
• The first solder-in filter line to offer 400°C installation
temperature.
• The first filter line designed to meet the new MIL-Spec
requirements for heat rise/reactive current in 125 VAC
and 230 VAC 400 Hz applications.
High reliability applications have diverse requirements, rang-
ing from a need for a long operating life in medical or military
systems to avoiding the prohibitive cost of replacing a faulty
component in a satellite, undersea cable, or other inaccessi-
ble system. High-rel filters satisfy application-critical require-
ments in many environments:
• The first to offer a filter line of hermetically sealed bolt
style filters.
CUSTOM AND SEMI-CUSTOM
In addition to standard catalog and QPL EMI filters, AVX
Filters produces two classes of these special products:
Semi-custom and Custom. Semi-custom involves variations
in electrical parameters, testing, and limited mechanical
changes from standard product designs. Delivery is slightly
longer and price is slightly higher than standard products
• Space/Satellite Systems
• Military Aircraft
• Guidance Systems
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• Command, Control & Communications (C )
• Missile Systems
Custom products require longer lead time for design and
manufacturing, but give designers freedom to specify non-
standard mechanical and electrical filter designs.
• Weapon Systems
• Radar Systems
• Electro Optical Systems
• Electronic Countermeasures
• Electronic Warfare
• Pacemakers
AVX Filters dedicates a unique internal part number to every
semi-custom and custom component. This insures contin-
ued configuration control for each part, allows future
changes to be easily implemented, and provides assurance
that the design always matches the customer requirements.
• Medication Monitors
ENGINEER TO ENGINEER
HIGH-REL STANDARDS
Our application engineering staff will assist in defining
your filter requirements, while recommending advantages,
reliability, quality assurance levels, and filter performance at
the lowest practical cost. They will help in filter selection and
specification, including meeting DESC requirements. SCD
models are available to assist you in the design process.
A custom filter part number will be assigned exclusively to
your SCD. To obtain prompt, professional assistance, call
(818) 767-6770.
Reliability must be designed into an EMI filter. Every step in
its manufacture from material selection through testing and
characterization must be considered. To assure confor-
mance to clearly-defined product and performance parame-
ters, specifications have evolved for electrical performance,
mechanical configurations, test methods, screening and
qualification procedures.
AVX Filters delivers high quality EMI filters which meet appli-
cable portions of these high-reliability standards:
• MIL-F-15733
• MIL-F-28861
• MIL-STD-220
• MIL-Q-9858
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Quality assurance is built into every stage of manufacturing
and testing. AVX Filters controls the entire process, from
the capacitor's dielectric formulation through final filter
test. This results in absolute traceability by lot number to a
specific dielectric batch, as well as the subsequent materials,
equipment and employees involved in the tightly-controlled
manufacturing and testing process. In addition, critical
processes are monitored using SQC, SPC techniques.
• MIL-STD-202 • MIL-I-45208A
• MIL-STD-790 • ISO 9000
• MIL-C-123
• EIA-RS-469
AVX FILTERS AT THE LEADING EDGE
AVX Filters Corporation continues to provide innovative
solutions to the high performance needs of its customers. It
has pioneered many breakthroughs which have advanced
the state-of-the-art in this demanding discipline, including:
• The first to qualify to the new High-Reliability Filter Spec,
MIL-F-28861.