Electrical and mechanical property of gold plated Zirconium Cupper wire metal mesh

Abstract

This paper newly introduces a gold-plated version of Zirconium Copper metal mesh for deployable reflector for X band. Based on the manufacturing technology of metal mesh for Ka band, a prototype of gold-plated Zirconium Copper metal mesh was evaluated. As a result, the mesh had electrical performance of reflection loss that is less than 0.5dB at X band and a mechanical performance of over 10% elongation.