GaN IMFET for L-Band Radar

RFMW announced design and sales support for a fully matched GaN IMFET from Qorvo. The QPD1006 provides 450 W of pulsed RF power from 1.2 to 1.4 GHz along with greater than 300 W power output for CW applications. Linear gain is 17.5 dB from this internally matched, discrete GaN on SiC HEMT device. Supporting 50 V for pulsed applications and 45 V for CW, the device is housed in a low thermal resistance package ideal for both military and commercial radar.

RFMW
www.rfmw.com

Solid State High-Power Amplifier

Richardson RFPD Inc., an Arrow Electronics company, announced the availability of a new solid state high-power amplifier from Empower RF Systems Inc. The 1219 is a 500 to 6,000 MHz amplifier guaranteed to deliver 25 W minimum output power and related RF performance under all specified temperature and environmental conditions. It is designed for RF product testing, broadband mobile jamming and band-specific high-power applications in the UHF, L, S and C frequency bands.

Richardson RFPD Inc.
www.richardsonrfpd.com

SEMICONDUCTORS

GaAs MMIC Die

Mini-Circuits’ model EQY-3-453-D+ is an absorptive gain equalizer die with negative insertion loss slope from DC to 45 GHz. Supplied in chip form on nonstatic material, the 50 Ω, RoHS-compliant gain equalizer exhibits insertion loss of 4.6 dB at 10 MHz, 4.3 dB at 10 GHz, 3.6 dB at 20 GHz and 1.1 dB at 45 GHz. VSWR is typically only 1.14:1 through 10 GHz, 1.22:1 or less from 10 to 30 GHz and 1.23:1 from 30 to 45 GHz.

Mini-Circuits
www.minicircuits.com

SYSTEMS

1U SlimBox OpenVPX Chassis

Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, has announced a new horizontal-mount OpenVPX chassis platform for 3U, 6U or hybrid versions. The first in the 1U SlimBox OpenVPX series is a three-slot version for 3U boards. A modular fixed power supply provides up to 600 W of power and one rear transition module is supported. A hybrid configuration option is available with 1x 6U slot and 1x 3U slot.

Pixus Technologies
www.pixustechnologies.com

SOURCES

MLBS-Synthesizer Test Box

Two to 20 GHz standard models cover the 2 to 8 GHz, 8 to 20 GHz and 2 to 20 GHz frequency bands. Tuning consists of a control knob, keypad, USB and Ethernet connections. Units provide +10 dBm to +13 dBm output power levels and either 30 dB or 60 dB of power leveling is available. Units are specified over the lab environment of +15°C to +55°C, are CE certified and LabVIEW compatible.

Micro Lambda Wireless
www.microlambdawireless.com

4.55 GHz CRO VCO

The new CRO4550X2-LF utilizes a doubled CRO oscillator design to cover the operating frequency of 4,550 MHz within a tuning window of 0.5 to 4.5 VDC. This new ceramic resonator VCO features incredible phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset and is available in Z-COMM’s standard MINI-16-SM package measuring 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.22 in. The CRO4550X2-LF is well suited for satellite communication systems requiring optimal spectral purity.

Z-Communications
www.zcomm.com

TEST & MEASUREMENT

Direction Finding and Interference Analyzers

Advanced Test Equipment Corp. (ATEC) will now offer SignalShark RF Direction Finding and Interference Analyzers by Narda Safety Test Solutions. ATEC, the official U.S. and Mexico distributor, and the only authorized U.S. service center for calibration and repair of Narda STS equipment, will be renting, selling, calibrating and servicing SignalShark Analyzers. The Narda STS SignalShark is an analyzer for the detection, analysis, classification and localization of RF signals between 8 kHz and 8 GHz.

Advanced Test Equipment Corp.
www.atecorp.com

Bench Top mmWave Antenna Test System

Millibox’s portfolio takes a whole new dimension: MBX33; with 8 ft in length, 22” x 22” interior cavity section and
~2 m far field distance. MilliBox is a family of mmWave antenna test systems which are modular, compact and affordable. MilliBox is designed for applications between 18 and 95 GHz. MBX33 is made of 3 x 30” cube sections. This new dimension is desired for larger DUT measurements or mmWave radar performance verification.

Milliwave Silicon Solutions
www.millibox.org

Thermal Power Sensors

By adding the R&S NRP90T and R&S NRP90TN models to its portfolio of thermal power sensors, Rohde & Schwarz releases the very first test and measurement instruments in the market to support the novel, robust 1.35 mm precision coaxial connector. The connector covers frequencies up to 90 GHz and shall be included in the next releases of both IEEE and IEC relevant standards. Rohde & Schwarz has been a partner in the 1.35 mm E connector development project since its beginning in 2017.

Rohde & Schwarz
www.rohde-schwarz.com

Test Bench

Löhnert Elektronik was looking for a reliable automotive radome tester for its new test bench and chose the R&S QAR quality automotive radome tester from T&M manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz. The R&S QAR is presently the only tester on the market that can test these radomes quickly and over their full surface area. Automotive radomes are protective covers for vehicle radar sensors. They must have good and uniform transmission characteristics over their entire surface for radar signals in the 77 GHz and 79 GHz bands (E-Band).

Rohde & Schwarz
www.rohde-schwarz.com/us

Digital Matrix Attenuator Handover Test System

Vaunix Technology Corp., a provider of portable and programmable RF/microwave test devices, announced its latest product, the Vaunix 64 x 8 digital matrix attenuator handover test system, the VMA-Q64X8SE. This digital matrix attenuator system is ideally suited for research labs conducting automated handover, MIMO performance analysis and product verification testing. It is available for a fraction of the size and cost of competitive rack mount matrix attenuators and handover test systems.

Vaunix Technology Corp.
www.vaunix.com