American Microwave Corporation (AMC), an Ironwave Technologies company, designs and manufactures DC to 40 GHZ solid state control components and subsystems for the communication and electronic warfare community. AMC recently released a switch matrix product line from single pole to 65 throw with exceptional insertion loss. The base specifications comprise: 
•    Frequency: 0.5 Ghz to 40 GHz 
•    Insertion Loss: <7 dB up to 18 GHz and <10 dB up to 40 GHz 
•    Isolation: 65 dB minimum 
•    Switching speed: <500 ns 
•    Input/output: VSWR 2.0:1 
•    Power supply: +5 VDC at 220 mA max/-12 VDC at 45 mA max

The innovative design is a single pole/25 throw hermetically sealed switch using a combination of suspended and stripline substrates and a switch control configuration via encoded 5-bit TTL inputs latched by the use of a dual rail strobe.

The design maintains the basic specifications up to 40 GHz and 65 throw. Using a modular design AMC can rapidly and cost effectively modify the design for specific ELINT, EW or satellite ground station needs and deliver in 60-90 days.

AMC has an extensive line of switch matrices, DVLA's, power dividers, attenuators and is constantly evolving the technology to support it's military application customer base.