Direct Reading Attenuator

SAGE Millimeter now offers full waveguide band high performance direct reading attenuators in W, E, and V Band. Model STA-60-10-D8 is an instrumentation grade, high precision and high attenuation range direct reading, rotary vane attenuator for use in millimeter wave test set across the standard W-band frequency range of 75 to 110 GHz. It has a large scale calibrated dial which indicates the attenuation value directly. The attenuator is an ideal piece of equipment in waveguide systems where a broad direct reading of attenuation is required. It exhibits exceptional repeatability during frequent attenuation setting operations.

SAGE Millimeter
sagemillimeter.com

App Note

A new application note and business impact case study detail how Quasonix used a novel design flow combining NI AWR software and highly accurate Modelithics models to achieve first-pass success. The flow resulted in a 150-percent improvement in productivity for the design of a power amplifier (PA) used in the company’s advanced telemetry systems. Developers of telemetry products must ensure excellent agreement between simulations and performance to be confident about their efforts to optimize these designs prior to manufacturing.

National Instruments
ni.com/awr

Permanent Magnet YIG-Tuned Oscillators

Permanent magnet technology delivers our lowest DC voltage (prime power) available and is offered in 2 to 20 GHz standard models and in high performance models up to 44 GHz using frequency doublers. Our surface mount MLSMO and MLOTF series and TO-8 MLTO oscillators are extremely small and offer excellent phase noise and frequency stability. They’re the perfect choice for next generation PXI and compact PCI synthesizer applications.

Micro Lambda Wireless
microlambdawireless.com

Cal Kit for Cable Verification

Fairview Microwave launched a new line of 4-in-1 3.5mm calibration kits for cable verification, antenna measurement and other field test and measurement applications. Fairview Microwave’s new line of integrated, short-open-load-through (SOLT) calibration kits is made-up of two models that have a 26.5 GHz calibration capability. They feature a compact, lightweight, 4-in-1 design package with gold-plated, 3.5mm connectors and a convenient lanyard. Plus, they are available off-the-shelf with same-day shipping.

Fairview Microwave
fairviewmicrowave.com

Signal/Spectrum Analyzer: 2 GHz Internal Analysis Bandwidth

Rohde & Schwarz is expanding the internal analysis bandwidth of its R&S FSW high-end signal and spectrum analyzer up to 2 GHz by introducing the new R&S FSW-B2001 option. This test solution enables R&D users to investigate wideband signals in detail without the need for an external digitizer.

The R&S FSW-B2001 option provides 14-bit ADC resolution and wide dynamic range, characterized by excellent SFDR figures, for example -65 dBc for 1200 MHz bandwidth. This translates directly into outstanding signal analysis performance.

Rohde & Schwarz
rohde-schwarz.com

Reference Design

Richardson RFPD announced availability and full design support capabilities for a new reference design from RECOM Power, Inc. (RECOM). The R-REF01-HB reference design consists of a half-bridge suitable for voltages up to 1kV and a fully-isolated driver stage with isolated power supplies for the low-side and the high-side switching transistors. It is suitable for single-gate drive supply voltages as low as +4 V and dual-gate drive supply voltages as high as +20 V / -5 V (30 V max), with no maximum duty cycle limitations.

Richardson RFPD
richardsonrfpd.com

Transistors, Power Amps, and More

AMCOM Communications, Inc. offers a wide selection of RF Transistors, Power Amplifier GaN/GaAs MMICs and Power Amplifier Modules. We regularly release new cutting-edge products. One of AMCOM's specialties is custom designing MMICs and modules for our customers' specific needs. The custom products include all front-end components such as low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, switches, attenuators, phase shifters, and up/down converters. We make every effort to meet our customers' performance requirements including size and weight.

AMCOM
amcomusa.com

Pulse-Profiling Power Meter

LadyBug Technologies’ latest Pulse-Profiling Power Meter V4.5 supports a broad range of RF measurement solutions. The Power Meter is an ideal user interface for displaying time domain scope-like profiles of the modulated waveform. When used with LadyBug’s Pulse-Profiling Sensors, the software delivers clear, concise pulse details. The Pulse zoom feature includes gates and markers that provide accurate measurement of selected details. Measurements like Crest Factor, Droop, Peak and Pulse Power along with Average Power and statistical information such as CDF, PDF and CCDF, are all included.

LadyBug Technologies LLC
ladybug-tech.com