Latest RF & Microwave Products of the Week (13

Coaxial Isolators from 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz

The coaxial isolators from UIY operate from 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz. They have an insertion loss of less than 1.5 dB, isolation of over 14 dB, and can handle up to 500 watts of forward power. These isolators are available in a module with N-type and SMA connectors as standard products and can also be ordered as a custom module. They are suitable for Military, Space & Commercial applications. Click here to view specs

20 dB Coaxial Attenuator from DC to 6 GHz

The 03.02.378 from HYTEM is an RF coaxial attenuator that operates from DC to 6 GHz. It has an attenuation of 20 dB and can handle 2 watts of input power. This attenuator has a VSWR of 1.30:1 and available in a module with SMA (M/F) connectors. Click here to view specs.

20 & 30 dB Attenuators from DC to 2.3 GHz

The 2KNA150 from API Technologies - Inmet are high power attenuators that operate from DC to 2.3 GHz. They are available with attenuation values of 20 & 30 dB and can handle up to 150 W of input power. These surface mount attenuators can be used in mobile networks, high power amplifiers and other military and commercial applications. Click here to view specs.

Tunable Low Pass Filter with Cutoff from 2.4 to 4 GHz

The HMC881A from Analog Devices is a tunable MMIC low pass filter with a cutoff frequency from 2.4 to 4 GHz. The filter has an insertion loss of 3 dB, attenuation of over 35 dB, a return loss of 16.5 dB, and can handle an input power of up to 10 dBm. The cut-off frequency can be tuned by applying a tuning voltage from 0 to 14 V. It is available in a 32-lead LFCSP package that measures 5 × 5 mm. The HMC881A is suitable for Testing & measurement equipment, Military radar & electronic warfare, Electronic countermeasures (ECMs), Satellite communication & space, and Industrial & medical equipment applications. Click here to view specs.

USB-compatible, Synthesized Signal Generator from 10 to 20 GHz

The Lab Brick LMS-203 is a USB-compatible, synthesized signal generator that covers a frequency range from 10 to 20 GHz with 10 dBm output power, low noise, fast 100-microsecond switching time, and fine 100 Hz frequency resolution. They require no additional DC supply voltage and offer advanced features such as phase-continuous linear-frequency sweeping, internal/external 10 MHz reference, and optional pulse modulation. GUI software can track and control several connected signal generators, simplifying multiple-signal test setups. Each device stores settings in internal memory, allowing it to power up in a specific instrument state. Each device comes with a USB flash drive containing the GUI software and digital version of the programming guide, along with a 3-ft. USB cable. It measures 4.90 x 3.14 x 1.59 in. (124 x 80 x 40 mm.) and weighs less than 1 lb. (0.45 kg). In non-USB applications, this Lab Brick signal generator can operate with battery power or remote power supply....Click here to view specs.

100 Watt Power Amplifier from 700 MHz to 2700 MHz

The AMTHPA-00700270-100W from AmpliTech is a 100 Watt High Gain Power Amplifier that operates from 0.7 to 2.7 GHz. It offers 100 Watts of typical saturated power and a small signal gain of over 50 dB with 1.0 dB Gain flatness. The amplifier requires a 32V DC power supply and has a 30% PAE. The AMTHPA-00700270-100W can be used in a wide range of applications including high power and high gain output applications in communication systems, microwave radios and instrumentation. It is available in a module that measures 10.8 x 7.4 x 4.4 inches and weighs less than 7.5 pounds. It is available in a connectorized module and can operates over a wide temperature range from 0 to 50 Degrees C. It is matched to 50 ohms at the input and output for unconditional stability. The unit comes with built-in heat sink and fans for efficient cooling. Click here to view specs.

300 Watt GaN Power Transistor from 910 to 920 MHz

The IE09300PC is a GaN Power Transistor that operates from 910 to 920 MHz. It provides over 300 watts of CW power with a gain of 18 dB and efficiency of 80%. This rugged transistor has been developed to replace industrial magnetrons and other vacuum tubes that are currently used in industrial heating, drying, plasma lighting and medical system. Click here to view specs.

12 W LDMOS Transistor from 390 to 450 MHz

The PTVA030121EA from Wolfspeed is a high power RF LDMOS Transistor that operates from 390 to 450 MHz. It provides a peak output power of 12 W with a typical gain of 25 dB and a PAE of 69%. The transistor requires a supply voltage of 50 volts and available in a Bolt-down package with integrated ESD protection. This Pb-free and RoHS compliant device is ideal for UHF Radar applications. Click here to view specs.

4-Channel Programmable Attenuator System from 200 MHz to 6 GHz

The 50PA-501 from JFW Industries is a Solid State Programmable variable attenuator that operates from 200 MHz to 6 GHz. It has four individually controlled attenuation channels that each provide a total attenuation range of 63.5 dB with 0.5 dB steps. Each attenuation channel has an insertion loss of less than 6.6 dB, can handle 0.31 W of input power. The system requires a 100 to 240 volts AC power supply. This benchtop attenuator is available in a module with SMA or N-type female connectors with a manual control facility having a 20 button keypad & LCD display. It can also be controlled remotely with an Ethernet RS-232 interface. Click here to view specs.

360 Degree Analog + Digital Phase Shifter from 24 to 28 GHz

The RFICPS01 is an analog and digital combination phase shifter from RFIC Solutions developed for beam steering phased array antenna systems. This MMIC Phase Shifter provides full 360-degree phase shift coverage from 24 to 28 GHz. The analog phase shifter is designed to give a constant phase variation or phase delta of 120 degrees. While the digital part of this phase shifter can be switched on to achieve an overall phase shift of 360 degrees. These phase shifters have been developed on a 0.1μm GaAs pHEMT process and have a low insertion loss of less than 10 dB with an amplitude variation of under 3 dB. The phase shifter requires a bias voltage of -3.3/3.3 V and an analog voltage of 0-2 V. Click here to view specs.

7.5 dBm Low Noise Amplifier from 18 to 40 GHz

The CMD299 from Custom MMIC is a wideband GaAs MMIC low noise amplifier that operates from 18 to 40 GHz. It provides an output power of up to 7.5 dBm (0.0056 W), a gain of 16 dB, and has a noise figure of maximum 4.6 dB. The amplifier requires a supply voltage from 1.5 to 3.3 volts and is matched to 50 ohms to eliminate the need for external DC blocks and RF port matching. It is available as a die and suitable for EW, and Communication Systems applications. Click here to view specs.

18 dBm Low Noise Amplifier from 2 to 50 MHz

The HILNA HF AGC from NuWaves is a broadband automatic gain controlled low noise amplifier that operates from 2 to 50 MHz. It provides an output power of 18 dBm (0.063 W), a gain of 30 dB, and has a noise figure of 5 dB. The amplifier requires a supply voltage of 12 to 30 V and is available in a module that measures 3.15 x 2.50 x 1.18 inches with SMA (M/F) Input/Output RF connectors and a Micro-DB9 DC power connector. This amplifier is suitable for Wideband RF Front Ends, High-performance Receivers, Gain Blocks, Low Noise Transmit Drivers, RF Preamplifiers, RF Repeaters, Base Station LNA, University Research and Instruction, and Multi-Signal Environment Amplifier applications. Click here to view specs.

50 W Coaxial Termination from DC to 40 GHz

The WA1488 from Weinschel Associates is a coaxial termination that operates from DC to 40 GHz. It can handle up to 50 W of average power and peak power of up to 200 watts. This termination is matched to 50 Ohms and has a VSWR of 1.6:1. It is available in a module that measures 157 X 38.1 mm with 2.92 mm (M/F) connectors. Click here to view specs.

2-Way Power Divider from 2 to 40 GHz

The PS2-54-450/18S from Pulsar Microwave is a 2-way power divider that operates from 2 to 40 GHz. It can handle an input power of up to 10 W, has an insertion loss of less than 2.5 dB and an isolation of over 13 dB. The power divider has a VSWR of 1.90:1, an amplitude balance of 0.6 dB with a phase balance of 8 degrees. It is available in a module with 2.92 mm connectors. Click here to view specs.

High-Performance Digital Frequency Synthesizer from 0.1 to 20 GHz

The SpectrumSeries DS-3000 synthesizer from Mercury Systems is a high-performance direct digital synthesis (DDS)-based frequency synthesizer. It can be used to synthesize signals up to 20 GHz with a 1 Hz resolution and has industry-leading phase noise of 121 dBc/Hz at 10 GHz with 10 kHz offset. The SpectrumSeries DS-3000 synthesizer has been designed to support the advanced frequency conversion requirements of customers and operates in the harshest environments. To support operation in harsh environments, Mercury’s synthesizer technology offers high performance over a wide temperature range of -30°C to +70°C, while minimizing the harmful effects of microphonics. Additionally, the ability to control the hardware through either a PC-based graphical user interface (GUI) or an SPI-bus makes these products well-suited for both benchtop operation and integration into ruggedized EW systems. To maximize system flexibility, the DS-3000 is available in a standard temperature-c...Click here to view specs.

Linear Gain Block from 0.7 to 3.8 GHz

The GRF2012-W from Guerrilla RF is a broadband linear gain block that operates from 700 to 3800 MHz. It provides a P1dB of 23 dBm with a gain of 14.8 dB and a noise figure of 2.7 dB while operating at 900 MHz. The device requires a supply voltage from 2.7 to 5 V and consumes up to 100 mA of current. It is available in a 1.5 x 1.5 mm surface mount package and is ideal for linear driver amplifier and cellular booster applications. The GRF2012-W is internally matched to 50 Ohms at the input and output ports, needing only external DC blocks and a bias choke on the output. Click here to view specs.

40 W Ku-Band GaN Block Up Converter

The GMU137145B01-40W from Genmixtech is a Ku band GaN Block Up Converter that provides an output power of more than 46 dBm. It upconverts an input frequency from 950 to 1700 MHz to an output frequency from 13.75 to 14.50 GHz. This BUC delivers a gain of more than 66 dB. It requires a supply voltage from 36 to 70 volts and consumes up to 280 watts of power. The Ku-Band BUC is available in a module that measures 233 x 140 x 88 mm and suitable for VSAT and SATCOM applications. Click here to view specs.

RFID Dry Inlay for Retail/Apparel, Supply Chain Applications

The ALN-9835 from Alien Technology is an RFID dry/wet inlay that has been designed for mid-size retail, apparel and supply chain management. This UFH band (860 - 960 MHz) RFID Inlay is based on the Higgs™-EC UHF RFID IC. An enhanced memory footprint includes a 48-bit Unique TID for authentication and serialization applications and password protected read and write support to prevent unauthorized viewing and modification of the tag’s data. The ALN-9835 inlays are World Tag compliant, enabling consistent operation across the diverse frequencies of the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Click here to view specs.

2.4 GHz Low Power Radio Transceiver

The STD-503 is a 2.4 GHz transceiver that uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) modulation and true diversity circuit, enabling reliable communications even in the congested 2.4 GHz band. The transceiver complies with the European EN300 440, U.S FCC Part 15.247, Canadian IC RSS-210 and Japanese ARIB STD-T66 standards, making it ready for the global market. The STD-503 is available in a small compact shield casing designed for industrial applications such as telemetry systems and industrial telecontrol. This low power module's configuration can be set easily via the UART interface using dedicated commands. Click here to view specs.

LTE Cat 4 Module for CBRS Applications

The CB410L from Sequans is an all-in-one standalone LTE Cat 4 module for CBRS networks. It supports CBRS networks in USA on LTE band 48, and MNO networks worldwide on LTE bands 42/43. This module is based on Sequans’ Cassiopeia LTE-Advanced platform, which is compliant with 3GPP Release 10 specifications. Cassiopeia supports a frequency range from 170 MHz up to 3.8 GHz and highly flexible dual-carrier aggregation that allows the combination of any two carriers of any size up to 20 MHz each, contiguous or non-contiguous, inter-band or intra-band. The module can support a wide range of medium data rate applications - including industrial IoT and M2M devices, gateways, and broadband consumer devices - and the very small form factor LCC package (32 x 29 mm) enables easy mounting into small and thin devices or mini-PCI or M.2 NGFF carriers. The module supports a wide variety of interfaces, including USB 2.0 host and device, SDIO 3.0 host, USIM, UARTs, GPIOs, SPI and I2S/PCMTDM for...Click here to view specs.

4-Port Multibeam Antenna from 790 to 960 MHz

The 2CPX208R-V3 from CommScope is a 4-port multibeam antenna that operates from 790 to 960 MHz. It provides a gain of up to 18.6 dBi and can handle an input power of up to 300 watts. The antenna has a single panel design that supports two separate beams perfectly optimized at horizontal pointing angles of +27 degrees and –27 degrees from boresight. This antenna has an integrated Internal Remote Electrical Tilt (RET), with independent control of electrical tilt with manual override on all arrays. The antenna measuring 2090 x 504 x 118 mm is available with 7-16 DIN female connectors. Click here to view specs.

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Latest RF & Microwave Products of the Week (13 - 19 june, 2019)