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Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) has announced Extem RH1017UCL polyimide resin for optical applications. According to SABIC, the resin withstands 260ºC reflow soldering and features enhanced properties supporting high-volume production of multilens arrays for optical connect assemblies and subassemblies. 

“The optimization of network architecture to handle the explosion of data from AI, cloud, and social and digital media requires infrastructures that can boost transmission speed, bandwidth capacity and reliability,” says Sergi Monros, vice president, SABIC Polymers, specialties ´óÏó´«Ã½ unit. “SABIC’s specialty thermoplastics and dedicated design services can help the industry build these infrastructures at scale. Our materials enhance the performance, precision, cost-effectiveness and manufacturability of components ranging from connectors and optical interconnects to wire and cable,” Monros says.

New Extem RH1017UCL resin is suitable for emerging technologies like onboard and co-packaged optical interconnects. Compared to fused silica and thermosets, this optically transparent material can deliver greater design freedom, support scaled-up production and reduce system costs by avoiding secondary operations. The new product surpasses other Extem grades with improved near-infrared (IR) light transmission, lower moisture uptake and easier processing.