Components
Band 21 Duplexer
3H Communication Systems, new LTE, band 21, high power duplexer covers the 1500 MHz band, 3GPP. The duplexer offers channel spacing of 1447.9 to 1462.9 MHz and 1495.9 to 1510.9 MHz with >60 dB co-channel isolation with insertion loss of < 0.80 dB in-band. The duplexer is rated for 50 W CW. Additional frequency bands and power options available.
3H Communications
www.3hcomm.com
Micro-ITLA
Avago Technologies announced the availability of its new micro-integrated tunable laser assembly (Micro-ITLA) device, the AFCU-UITLAXX. The device is a high-performance, narrow-linewidth Micro-ITLA component designed for both the transmission and local oscillator laser in coherent dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) systems. The new Micro-ITLA device delivers a very narrow linewidth, low phase noise and superior frequency accuracy improving system performance by reducing signal to noise penalties.
Avago Technologies
www.avagotech.com
Space Qualified Isolator
DiTom Microwave has released a new Ku- Band (13.75 to 14.80 GHz) space qualified isolator. The DS1011 is manufactured to meet or exceed environmental space-level reliability including thermal shock, sine and random vibration, temperature cycling, and thermal vacuum survivability over a specified qualification and acceptance test plan. DiTom’s current space level manufacturing process allows for delivery in as quickly as 4 weeks depending on the test requirements. Contact DiTom at (559) 225-7042 or space@ditom.com for additional information.
DiTom Microwave
www.ditom.com
Ultra-High K Dielectric
UX material has the highest dielectric constant of any of DLI’s wide variety of materials and allows for higher capacitance values in existing case sizes, or smaller sized components – all achieved without sacrificing performance. The material is space qualified to MIL-PRF-38534 Class K. This new 50 V rated dielectric complements the existing 25 V rated material and is available to be specified across DLI’s broad range of standard Thin Film architectures - including Di-Caps®, Border Caps®, Bar Caps® and Gap Caps®.
Knowles Capacitors
www.knowlescapacitors.com
Compact Directional Coupler
KRYTAR Inc. announced the continued expansion of its growing line of directional couplers. Model 120406 offers 6 dB of coupling over 4 to 12.4 GHz, in a single, compact and lightweight package. KRYTAR’s new directional coupler adds to the family of superior performance narrow-band products covering the frequency range of 0.3 to 50 GHz. KRYTAR’s latest addition enhances the selection of multi-purpose, stripline designs that exhibit excellent coupling.
Krytar Inc.
www.krytar.com
Air Coil Inductor Engineering Kits
Piconics announced its new Air Coil Inductor Engineering Kits. Piconics air coil inductors are the highest performing inductors on the market. Precision stripping, consistent winds on any diameter. Coils are used for narrower band applications up to 20 GHz. Now you can have a variety of air coils at your fingertips to optimize your designs. Piconics’ coils can be manufactured with copper wire, copper wire with gold plate or gold wire.
Piconics Inc.
www.piconics.com
Digital Set-Top Box Tuner
Silicon Labs introduced a new family of high-performance digital set-top box (STB) tuner ICs designed to reduce the cost, complexity and power consumption of cable, terrestrial, hybrid terrestrial/satellite and IP-based STB products. Silicon Labs’ new Si2144 and Si2124 digital tuner ICs help STB designers reduce board space and bill of materials (BOM) cost through a combination of exceptional single-chip integration and the industry’s smallest package size. The Si2144/24 tuner family’s integrated loop-through technology also helps reduce system-level cost and power consumption.
Silicon Labs
www.silabs.com
Adjustable Low PIM Attenuator
The low PIM attenuator can be adjusted between 15 and 30 dB and performs with -160 dBc/-165 dBc in mobile carrier frequencies. It claims it can reduce costs by ensuring greater flexibility during installation. In many projects, radiated power can be set only on site and adjustment has to be performed with attenuators. Instead of installing and replacing various splitter/load combinations to test the targeted power level, the new low PIM attenuator is installed once and adjustment can be performed easily during operation.
Spinner GmbH
www.spinner-group.com
E-Band Diplexer
Universal Microwave Technology Inc. announced its line of E-Band diplexers for 80 GHz millimeter-wave radio application. This E-Band diplexer features 0.5 dB insertion loss, 18 dB return loss and 75 dB isolation at frequency band 71 to 76 GHz and 81 to 86 GHz. The diplexer length is less than 60 mm with waveguide interface of WR12.
Universal Microwave Technology
www.umt-tw.com
2-Way Combiner/Divider
The D10005 is a 2-Way combiner/divider, covering the full 1 to 3 GHz band, and is rated at 600 W CW. This robust design operates with full port-to-port isolation of 15 dB minimum, and less than 0.5 dB insertion loss. The D1005 is designed to handle an input failure, at rated power, while operating at a +70°C baseplate temperature. Ideal for coherent or non-coherent combining, the D10005 is suitable for multiple military applications.
Werlatone
www.werlatone.com
Cables & Connectors
Cable Assemblies
StabilityTMcable assemblies are now offered with 1.85 mm connectors and operate mode-free to 67 GHz. Maury’s new SC-185 1.85 mm 67 GHz cable assembly continues the Stability legacy with superior amplitude and phase stability with flexure, reliable and repeatable measurements, durable, ruggedized and crush-resistant, offering longer flex life. Stability cable assemblies can be ordered from stock in standard lengths from Maury’s website, or ordered in custom lengths through Maury sales.
Maury Microwave
www.maurymw.com
26.5 GHz SMA Panel Cable Connectors
The SMA female/jack 2 and 4 hole offers configurations for .085 semi-rigid cable (direct solder). They feature DC to 26.5 GHz, low VSWR and insertion loss and gold plated 303 stainless steel bodies for solder ability and durability. Quality, performance and reliability you can count on!
SGMC Microwave
www.sgmcmicrowave.com
E-Band Adapter
Spacek Labs model T79-W is one of the E-Band models in its series of waveguide to coaxial transitions or adapters. The T79-W covers the available commercial E-Band spectrum from 71 to 86 GHz with a typical insertion loss of 0.6 dB (typ). The maximum VSWR is 1.30:1. This transition can be used to adapt a component or system from WR-12 (UG387/U) waveguide to the 1 mm coaxial connector. This transition is also available covering the entire 60 to 90 GHz waveguide band.
Spacek Labs Inc.
www.spaceklabs.com
Amplifiers
High Power Broadband RF Amplifier Module
Exodus Advanced Communications introduced a new high power SSPA module covering the 2 to 6 GHz frequency spectrum featuring state-of-the-art GaN devices and good efficiency. This compact, lightweight module features an impressive 250 W min CW output power at 28 V DC with 5 uSec switching speed.
Exodus Advanced Communications
www.exoduscomm.com
Amplifier
Herotek offers a multi-octave wideband low noise high gain amplifier. Model AF01-6371810B operates from 0.1 to 6 GHz. It has noise figure of 1.8 dBm, gain of 37 dB with max gain variation of ±0.8 dB, P1dB output of +10 dBm, and current draw of 120 mA at +12 V bias. This amplifier comes in a hermetically sealed package with removable connectors for drop-in assembly and is designed for both military and commercial applications.
Herotek Inc.
www.herotek.com
Upper Millimeter Wave Power Modules
Leveraging its industry-leading Microwave Power Module (MPM) product line, L-3 Electron Devices announced two new upper millimeter wave products that are complete amplifier subsystems. These fully integrated, airborne-capable amplifier subsystems feature an integral power supply and a control electronics module within an ultra-compact, ruggedized package. The package enables users to physically mount the hardware extremely close to radiating apertures, thus minimizing RF losses while maximizing size, weight and power (SWaP) advantages.
L-3 Electron Devices
www.L-3com.com
250 W Bipolar Transistor
The versatile and reliable TAN250A bipolar transistor remains a best-value design choice for a civilian or military, ground-based or airborne, TACAN, DME, or Mode-S transponder system power amplifiers. The rugged emitter ballasted 50 V silicon bipolar junction power transistor delivers greater than 250 W across the 960 to 1215 MHz band under many pulsing formats, making it an ideal choice for pulsed power transmitters. The TAN250A transistor is available from stock. For product sales or technical information contact RFMWD@microsemi.com.
Microsemi
www.microsemi.com
Monolithic Amplifier
Mini-Circuits’ GVA-91+ (RoHS compliant) is an advanced wideband amplifier fabricated using GaAs HBT technology, offering high gain and excellent power output with excellent power added efficiency in application bands. Lead finish is tin-silver over nickel. It has repeatable performance from lot to lot and is housed in an SOT-89 package for very good thermal performance.
Mini-Circuits
www.minicircuits.com
Log Video Amplifiers
Pasternack introduced an all new line of broadband log video amplifiers covering multi-octave bandwidths from 0.5 to 18 GHz. The 5 models being released include 4 successive detection log video amplifiers (SDLVA), and 1 detector log video amplifier (DLVA), which offer a wide input dynamic range, high signal sensitivity, fast recovery times, and excellent temperature stability. Pasternack’s log amplifiers are used to measure widely varying signals at high frequencies in applications where rapid and precise tracking is required across the entire frequency band.
Pasternack
www.pasternack.com
Low Noise Amplifier
PMI model no. POB-16-48-22-LCA is a 4 to 8 GHz low noise amplifier that provides 16 dB of gain while maintaining a gain flatness of ±1 dB typically over the operating frequency. The noise figure is 3 dB typical and offers a typical OP1dB of +22 dBm. The amplifier requires +12 to +15 VDC and the current draw is 225 mA typical. The unit is supplied with SMA(F) connectors in PMI’s standard PE2 housing.
Planar Monolothics Industries Inc.
www.pmi-rf.com
Systems
Radar Development Kit
The Radar Development Kit (RDK) is an easy-to-use platform for those needing to measure distance or speed of an object. It is designed to quickly be up and running out-of-the-box, enabling the customer to start elaborating and optimizing the right parameters of the targeted object within a detection zone. Once parameters are set and an application is tailored to the customer needs, Sivers IMA will be capable of manufacturing the final customer solution in volume to support roll-out of the end-user application. Applications include level measurement in silos and tanks, anti-collision in industrial automation and safety in railroad applications.
Sivers IMA
www.siversima.com
Sources
2.45 GHz Generators
The PlasMaster claims to be the first in a series of generators available between 10 to 200 W. The generators include a control circuit to accomplish hot S-parameter measurements and to identify the best S11-value in the IMS-band.
Heuermann HF-Technik GmbH
www.hhft.de
Active Multiplier
Model SFA-713863410-12KF-S1 is a 71 to 86 GHz x4 active multiplier designed for E-Band communications and automotive radar applications. The active multiplier converts 17.75 to 21.5 GHz/+5 dBm input signal to deliver 71 to 86 GHz frequency band with a typical +10 dBm output power. The spurious and harmonic suppressions of the multiplier are 60 dBc, 20 dBc or better, respectively. The multiplier draws 250 mA current from a +8 VDC DC power supplier
SAGE Millimeter Inc.
www.sagemillimeter.com
Surface-Mount Intelligent Synthesizer
The MFSH50100-50 is a tiny surface-mount intelligent synthesizer which allows frequencies between 500 to 1000 MHz to be generated when locked to an external 10 MHz reference. This design features an on-board micro-controller that allows for self-programmable fixed frequencies or wideband signal generation. Phase noise performance is -96 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset and -118 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset. Output power of +5 dBm minimum is through a buffered output stage and operating temperature is -40° to +85°C.
Synergy Microwave Corp.
www.synergymwave.com
Software
Hyperlynx Tool
Mentor Graphics Corp. announced its newest version of the HyperLynx® Signal Integrity/Power Integrity (SI/PI) product for high-speed printed circuit board (PCB) designs. The HyperLynx product addresses high-speed systems design problems throughout the design flow—starting at the earliest architectural stages through post-layout verification. With the increased complexity and high-speed performance of today’s integrated circuits (IC), a growing number of PCBs suffer from signal degradation and timing problems which are exacerbated by power delivery issues; this impacts board performance and possibly total failed logic, requiring costly redesign.
Mentor Graphics
www.mentor.com
Multi-Touch Operating System
MPI automated probe systems are controlled by the unique and revolutionary, multi-touch operation software suite named SENTIOTM.simple and intuitive operation saves significant training time, the scroll, zoom, move commands mimic mobile devices and allows everyone to become an expert in just minutes. For RF applications there is no need to switch to another software platform – the MPI RF calibration software program QAlibriaTMis fully integrated – for ease of use by following a single operational concept methodology.
MPI
www.mpi-corporation.com
Packaging
Leadless Ceramic SMT Packages
Remtec Inc. introduced a new line of standard SMT leadless packages for electro optical circuits matching standard TO-type window lids. These new packages address the long-standing demands of the photonics industry for an SMT packaging solution as a viable alternative to standard TO-type packages. Now standard economical surface mounted packages can be produced for a wide range of circuits and I/O configurations fully compatible with most of JEDEC TO-style window caps such as TO-8, TO-46 and beyond at operating frequencies up to 10 GHz and higher.
Remtec Inc.
www.remtec.com
Test Equipment
3-in-1 Device
DS Instruments extends its product line with a miniature 2.75" wide 3-in-1 device providing frequency counting, RF power meter, and signal generator. Power metering and counting both operate to 7 GHz with signal generation to 4.8 GHz. A USB port provides power and data connection. The TT7000 can also be used with no host computer as a stand-alone instrument with the front OLED display.
DS Instruments
www.dsinstruments.com
Two-Zone Temperature Plate
inTEST Thermal Solutions (iTS) has designed a multi-zone thermal plate for hot/cold temperature cycling of microwave signal amplifiers used in satellite data communications. The heart of the amplifier is a travelling wave tube (TWT) and power supply. In their space-borne environment, TWTs are exposed to extreme temperatures that influence the strength and stability of their magnetic field and can adversely affect their RF signal output. Rigorous thermal stressing of TWTs is required to characterize RF signal outputs and ensure trouble-free operation after deployment.
inTEST Thermal Solutions
www. intestthermal.com