NANOWAVE Technologies has developed a new phase-locked dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO) - NWO1570-12-02 with phase noise performance of below -150 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz and -170 dBc/Hz (at 10 MHz offsets) in the Ku-band. This DRO uses Nanowave's proprietary in-house HMIC process that enables chip and wire integration leading to lower insertion loss and improved heat dissipation necessary to achieve ultra-low phase noise over wide operational temperature ranges from 0°C to 70°C without resorting to oven control.
This PLDRO covers the frequency range from 6 to 35 GHz with an exceptionally low phase noise floor at microwave frequencies, making it suitable for high-performance RADAR systems. It is also particularly useful for applications demanding a fixed frequency low phase noise phase locked STALO such as in up and down-converters for high-performance RADAR and communications systems.
The PLDRO ensures low sensitivity to micro-phonic phase hits, owing to its proprietary resonator structure and has low spurious levels of less than -80 dBc (beyond 100 kHz). It provides an output power of 12 dBm and supports an external 100 MHz frequency reference. The NWO1570-12-02 requires a single DC supply of +15 V and consumes less than 1.5 A of current. It is available in an enclosure that measures 3.8 x 4.3 x 0.82 inches and has SMA (female) connectors at the output port. The PLDRO is RoHS-compliant.
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