SHF Communication Technologies AG has added a 60 GHz Active Balun to its product offerings. The SHF BLN60 A operates from 40 MHz to 60 GHz and converts a single-ended signal into a clean differential waveform for CW or broadband applications. Its active configuration diverges from merely splitting input power between two output arms; instead, it actively amplifies the signal. This amplification results in the Balun delivering more power at the output than received at the input.
The SHF BLN60 A Balun has exceptional broadband phase and amplitude matching characteristics that make it an ideal choice for high data rate applications like 128 Gbit PAM4, transition to balanced architectures (e.g., DACs or ADCs) and baseband modulation applications.
This Balun has a Low Frequency Compensation option to reduce the frequency response roll-off. Due to a lower loss at the lower frequencies, there is a typical roll-off of 5 dB between 40 MHz and 60 GHz. The compensation reduces the roll-off to approximately 2 dB over the frequency range but reduces the gain by roughly 3 dB at the lower frequency range.
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