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Copper Foil for RF Shielded Rooms

EMI-SHIELD CU14


SCIF, RF & Tempest Room Applications


Copper Foil


110-ANN


0.0014" (.03556mm) (1.4 mil) Thick

Standard Rolls

24" x 150' (300 ft²) With PSA

23" x 150' (287.5 ft²) Conductive PSA

22 lbs per roll

1 oz/ft² (one ounce per square foot)


Copper Foiled Room


Copper Foil Tape

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Interior & Exterior Application


Also Available in 2.0 & 2.5 mil (0.002", 0.0025")

Installation
 
Data
 
Price List

CU14 copper foil can be used to form RF shielded enclosures of almost any size or shape, but the principal use is in construction of RF shielded rooms and shielded anechoic chambers.


Caution

Wear correct gloves when installing the foil, the edge is like a razor blade


Installation Methods

 

Best tape Method

4" Electrically Conductive Tape with 2" minimum overlap (Recommended)


 Butt Joint

Butt Jointed with 4" Electrically Conductive Tape

(SE Performance Charts below are using this method)

 

 

Tape Overlaps

Tri-Fold Method pdf Tri-Fold Joint Method

Other Joints with Electrically Conductive Tape


   

 

Silver Coated Copper Foil (Cu50) RF Shielded Room

Silver Coated Copper Foil

TYPICAL SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS

As Installed Butt Joint & 4" EC Seam Taped

(Insertion Loss per MIL STD 285)

FREQUENCY     

Attenuation (Db)

200 KHz, Magnetic Field

40

200 KHz, Electrical Field

80

1 MHz, Electrical Field

80

10 MHz, Electrical Field

80

400 MHz, Plane Wave

80

10 GHz Plane Wave   

60


Copper Foil for RF Shielding of Rooms

EMI-SHIELD CU50


ICD 705 Tempest SCIF

 & Other RF Applications


Copper Foil


110-ANN


0.005" (.127mm) (5.0 mil) Thick


Standard Rolls

36" x 65' (195 ft²)

58 lbs per roll

36 Gauge

4.5 oz/ft� (4.5 ounces per square foot)


CU50 Copper Foil RF Shielded Room 


EC Copper Tape

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Installation
 
Data
 
Price List

EMI-SHIELD CU50 may be used to form shielded enclosures of almost any size or shape, but the principal use is in construction of large, low-cost shielded rooms and shielded anechoic chambers.


Caution

Wear correct gloves when installing the foil, the edge is like a razor blade


Installation Methods

 

Best tape Method

4" Electrically Conductive Tape with 2" minimum overlap (Recommended)


 Butt Joint

Butt Jointed with 4" Electrically Conductive Tape

(SE Performance Charts below are using this method)

 

 

Tape Overlaps

Tri-Fold Method pdf Tri-Fold Joint Method

Other Joints with Electrically Conductive Tape


 

Silver Coated Copper Foil (Cu50) RF Shielded Room

TYPICAL SHIELDING ATTENUATION

  As Installed Butt Joint & 4" EC Seam Taped

(Insertion Loss per IEEE-299)

FREQUENCY     

Attenuation (dB)

14 KHz, Magnetic Field

40

200 KHz, Magnetic Field

60

1 MHz, Magnetic Field

80

10 KHz, Electrical Field

75

200 KHz, Electrical Field

85

1 MHz, Electrical Field

90

10 MHz, Electrical Field

90

400 MHz, Plane Wave

95

1 GHz Plane Wave   

95

10 GHz Plane Wave   

90

18 GHz, Plane Wave

85

40 GHz, Plane Wave

80

CU50 Shielding Effectiveness Test

CU50 Shielding Effectiveness Chart

Stainless Steel Foil for RF Shielded Rooms

EMI-SHIELD SS


Stainless Steel Foil


0.0020" (.0508mm) (2 mil) Thick


Standard Rolls

24" x 20' (40 ft²) No PSA

24" x 50' (100 ft²) No PSA

40" x 20' (66.67 ft²) No PSA


40" x 20' (66.67 ft²) With PSA


39" x 20' (65 ft²) Area covered by PSA


Foil Tape Rolls

 

Interior & Exterior Application

Installation
 
Price List

EMI-SHIELD SS may be used to form shielded enclosures of almost any size or shape, but the principal use is in construction of large, low-cost shielded rooms and shielded anechoic chambers.


Caution

Wear gloves when installing the foil, the edge is like a razor blade



Installation Methods

 

Best tape Method

4" Electrically Conductive Tape with 2" minimum overlap (Recommended)


 Butt Joint

Butt Jointed with 4" Electrically Conductive Tape

(SE Performance Charts below are using this method)

 

 

Tape Overlaps

Tri-Fold Method pdf Tri-Fold Joint Method

 

Other Joints with Electrically Conductive Tape

 

 

 

 

TYPICAL SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS

As Installed Folded Seam & EC Taped

(Insertion Loss per MIL STD 285)

Frequency

Attenuation (dB)

200 KHz, Magnetic Field

40

200 KHz, Electrical Field

100

1 MHz, Electrical Field

100

10 MHz, Electrical Field

100

400 MHz, Plane Wave

80

10 GHz Plane Wave

80


Applications

 

Foil Shielded Room

 

Aluminum Foil Shielded Room


 Foil Lined Room


EMI-Shield AL5 Installed on walls and ceiling

 

Applications

Commercial

  • Anechoic Chamber

  • RF Shielded Room

  • Offices

  • Recording Studio

  • Research Areas

  • TV Broadcast Studio

  • Computer Rooms

  • SCIF's

  • Research Labs

  • Computer Labs

  • RFID Scanners

Private

  • Home Theater

  • Bedrooms

Medical

  • Operating Rooms

  • Offices

  • MRI Control Rooms

  • Labs

Military

  • Offices

  • Research Labs

  • Computer Labs

  • ICD 705 TEMPEST SCIF

Government

  • SCIF

  • Offices

  • Research Labs

  • Computer Labs

  • RFID Scanners

  • Block Wireless

Testing

  • RF Shielded Room

  • Test Boxes

  • Test Enclosures

  • Wireless Labs

Electrical

  • Electrical Equipment Rooms

  • Transformers

  • Block Electro-Magnetic Interference

Installation

    Currently, Foil Application is up to the Purchaser

  • Do-It-Yourself

  • General Contractors

  • Sheet Rock Installers

  • Wall Paper Installers



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