To observe if our test cable UF series (stranded center conductor) will degrade in its insertion loss and VSWR in the highly flex applications and to determine the number of cycles the cable can be bent continuously at a single point before the cable fails, RF ONE has performed the bending (tick tock) test according to standard IEC 60966-1.
Observations from the Test
RF ONE UF550 Ultra flexible cable assembly can endure min 20000 cycles of bending under these harsh conditions:
- Bend radius 26 mm
- Flex the DUT cable at a single point continuously
- Flex speed is 20 cycles per minute
- The flex test is performed with DUT loaded with 100g weight perpendicularly
- After the flex life test, the DUT cable shall be tested in a shaking condition, only negligible degradation in insertion loss and VSWR is allowed in such a dynamic test condition. Even the DUT cable test data is stable in static condition, but unstable in shaking condition, the cable is judged as Fail.
