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New Product Guides: Synthesizers, YIG Filters, YIG Oscillators
Micro Lambda Wireless announced new product guides covering the product areas of synthesizers, YIG-tuned filters, and YIG-tuned oscillators. For the RF and microwave designer, choices in components and instruments range from ordinary performance to the absolute best. And when it comes to oscillators, filters, and synthesizers, nothing beats Micro Lambda’s YIG-tuned technology.
Micro Lambda Wireless
microlambdawireless.com
10 MHz – 21 GHz Programmable Attenuators
The MLAT-Series of Programmable Attenuators are general purpose single channel programmable attenuators suitable for a wide range of applications. They provide 0 to 30 dB attenuation in 0.5 dB steps over the 10 MHz to 21 GHz frequency range. The attenuator is housed in a compact package with SMA Female RF Connectors. A standard 10 pin and a USB Micro B are provided for power and control ports. The attenuator can be controlled via USB or SPI. Full software support is provided in the user manual and can be downloaded from our web site. Optional temperature ranges are available on special order.
Micro Lambda Wireless
microlambdawireless.com
RMS Responding Power Sensor: Defense, Test, and More
LadyBug Technologies’ LB5940A patented, thermally stable USB RF Power Sensor is for defense, EMC testing, ATE, radar applications and more. The sensor’s broad frequency range combined with exceptional sensitivity and wide dynamic range make it ideal for high accuracy applications.
The LB5940A sensor is a composite USB device with both USBTMC and USB HID interfaces. Also available is option SPI, which provides direct connect TTL interfaces. Both I2C and SPI are available delivering a calibrated power measurement to microcontrollers FPGAs etc. These allow users to build compact portable ATE equipment.
LadyBug Technologies LLC
ladybug-tech.com
Phase Locked Oscillators
ERAVANT’s newly released phase locked oscillator family (SOP) utilizes high performance DRVCO (Dielectric Resonator Voltage Controlled Oscillator) technology to generate high quality microwave signals. There are numerous models listed on our website that are either externally referenced, internally referenced, or a combination of both. The externally referenced SOPs require a 10, or 50, or 100 MHz external referenced crystal oscillator to achieve exceptional phase noise performance. These oscillators are hermetically sealed to satisfy the rigorous environmental requirements.
Eravant
eravant.com
End Launch Connectors
Southwest Microwave has expanded its high-performance solutions with new standard block thread-in end launch connectors, offering robust performance and 1:2:1 VSWR to 110 GHz for board thicknesses up to 100 mils.
The connector’s unique two-piece bottom clamp maintains the ground between the connector and the circuit board. Combining the bottom clamp with the solderless pin allow for ease of removal and greater reusability. The connector pin is designed with an interference fit to the circuit board trace, requiring no solder. The connectors feature four pin and dielectric combinations to accommodate a wide variety of microwave substrates.
Southwest Microwave
southwestmicrowave.com
Power Sensor Software Controls Multiple Sensors & Measurements
LadyBug Technologies’ Precision Power Meter PMA-12 supports a broad range of Power Sensors and functions. The application provides an ideal user interface for measuring a host of RF signal parameters. The flexible software reads and determines the sensor’s specifications and delivers the full capability. Average mode supports measurements below -60 dBm including triggering, multi-sensor calculations, logging and strip chart capabilities.
LadyBug Technologies
ladybug-tech.com
Rach-Mount IPS
Transtector Systems released a new line of enterprise rack-mount integrated power systems (IPS), combining AC-to-DC power rectification, power distribution and load control into a space-saving design that occupies as little as one standard rack unit (RU).
These new IPS units combine Transtector reliability and value with versatile functionality in a configurable design, providing users in cellular base stations, land mobile radio, utility, enterprise and other dynamic applications the essential functionality they need without sacrificing significant rack space.
Transtector Systems
transtector.com
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New Products
- Sector Antenna
- Power Divider
- SMA Female to SMA Female (Bullet) In-Series Adapters
- Zero Bias Schottky Detectors
- Bring Our RF/Wireless Training to Your Site
- Cadence AWR Design Environment V15
Sector Antenna
KP’s new tripleband sector antenna allows for three radios to operate with only one sector antenna, reducing leased space on the tower and installation costs. This antenna supports 2x2 MIMO in 2.4 GHz, 4x4 MIMO in 3.5 GHz, and 2x2 MIMO in 5 GHz bands. It comes with three radio mounting slots that work with Ubiquiti radios and KP’s radio brackets for Cambium’s PMP450 and 450I, and ePMP2000 radios. This tripleband sector features a 65-degree beamwidth and high front-to-back that allows for six sectors to be used with frequency-reuse three (ABCABC). It is constructed of heavy-grade, powder-coated mounting brackets.
KP Performance Antennas
kpperformance.com
Power Divider
PMI Model: APD-8-0R523G-292FF is an eight-way power divider operating over the 0.5 to 23.0 GHz frequency range. This model has a max insertion loss of 2.0 dB from 2.0 to 8.0 GHz and 3.2 dB Max between 8.0 to 18.0 GHz. The compact 5.0" x 3.7" x .43" housing with removable 2.92 mm female connectors.
Planar Monolithics Industries
pmi-rf.com
SMA Female to SMA Female (Bullet) In-Series Adapters
Frequency Range: DC to 18 GHz / Usable up to 26.5 GHz (MODE FREE) Electrical: 50 Ohm, Low VSWR & Low Insertion Loss VSWR: 1.15:1 Max @ 18 GHz (Under 1.25:1 up to 26.5 GHz) Materials: Passivated 303 Stainless Steel or Gold Plated Beryllium Copper available Dielectric: Fluorocarbon (PTFE) Epoxy Captivated Overall Length 0.508” (12.90mm) Available for immediate delivery – Same day shipping for all stock itemsSGMC Microwave
sgmcmicrowave.com
Zero Bias Schottky Detectors
KRYTAR Zero Bias Schottky Detectors are specifically designed for use in today's high-performance microwave instrumentation and systems. KRYTAR detectors are designed for such applications as power measurements, analyzing radar performance, leveling pulsed signal sources, AM noise measurements, system monitoring and pulsed RF measurements in ultra-broadband and mm-Wave applications.
KRYTAR
krytar.com
Bring Our RF/Wireless Training to Your Site
Any of our courses can be presented on-site at your location at a time that is convenient to you. On-site training is available for domestic and international locations and has the following benefits:
protects proprietary information.
avoids logistics and travel costs associated with training large numbers of people off-site.
permits critical-function employees to be accessible for work while taking a class.
frees engineers' time to design products rather than administrate training needs.
schedule the course when you want it.
Besser Associates
besserassociates.com
Cadence AWR Design Environment V15
Version 15 (V15) offers new and enhanced technologies that provide greater design efficiency and first-pass success to engineering teams developing or integrating III-V ICs, multi-technology modules, and PCB assemblies for 5G, automotive, and aerospace/defense applications.
Engineering productivity is improved with new analyses, faster and higher-capacity simulation technologies, time-saving design automation, and 5G New Radio (NR) compliant test benches that support power amplifier and antenna/array design, electromagnetic modeling, and RF/microwave integration across heterogenous technologies.
Cadence AWR
awr.com
November 2020
The November 2020 Online Edition is now available for viewing and download!
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Qorvo® to Create State-of-the-Art Semiconductor Packaging Center
Qorvo® has been selected by the U.S. government to create a State-of-the-Art (SOTA) Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging (SHIP) RF production and prototyping center. The SHIP program will ensure that microelectronics packaging expertise and leadership is available for both U.S. defense contractors and commercial clients that require design, validation, assembly, test and manufacturing of next-generation RF components.
The exclusive SHIP Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), worth up to $75 million, was awarded to Qorvo by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division. This program is funded by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (OUSD R&E) Trusted and Assured Microelectronics Program (T&AM), and is administered by the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted System (S²MARTS) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), managed by National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL).
Under the SHIP program, Qorvo will design and deliver the highest levels of heterogeneous packaging integration. This is essential to meet the size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C) requirements for next-generation phased array radar systems, unmanned vehicles, electronic warfare platforms and satellite communications.
Delta Electronics: Manufacturing Marvel
Delta Electronics Mfg. Corp., headquartered in Beverly, MA is being spotlighted as a “Manufacturing Marvel” on Fox Business Network, on July 30, 2020. The two minute airing will take place between 9:30 and 9:45 PM. Delta is a true manufacturing, USA based company that is thriving in a world of increased foreign competition. We are a world class manufacturer of RF, Microwave, and Millimeter wave products and assemblies, used in a variety of highly sophisticated Commercial, Medical, Military and Aerospace subsystems.
eBook: A Designer’s Primer on Radar Systems
Combined with advances in phased-array antennas and integration technologies, radars are moving beyond military/aerospace markets to address a host of commercial applications. This primer showcases how NI AWR software provides designers with the advanced modeling and simulation technologies needed to meet the challenges of all types of radar system design.
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A Designer’s Primer on 5G Communications
Recent advances in NI AWR software are helping designers develop the antenna and RF front-end components that are making 5G a reality. This primer offers content on the innovative wizards and synthesis technologies that enable engineers designing 5G communications systems to deliver cost-effective, high performance, and high-reliability products to market.
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