The SW-316 from Renaissance Electronics Corporation is a Space Qualified Hermetic Switch that operates from 2 to 2.3 GHz. It has an insertion loss of 0.25 dB and provides an isolation of 60 dB. The switch can handle a CW input power of 60 W and has a VSWR of less than 1.25:1. It has a pulse width of 50 ms and a switching time of 20 ms. The switch requires a DC supply of 28 V and consumes 500 mA of current. It offers an extensive life of 1 M cycles and can handle the harsh environment of space.
