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10 June 2009

 

M/A-COM launches 2–20GHz surface-mount broadband switches for high-power wideband applications

At this week’s 2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Boston, M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA is launching a new family of surface-mount broadband 2–20GHz HMIC PIN diode switches for test instrumentation, satellite, and other wide-frequency-range applications.

“We are committed to improving RF performance over a broadband frequency range using M/A-COM Tech’s proprietary patented heterolithic microwave integrated circuit (HMIC) process,” says product manager Kevin Harrington. “These new switches provide exceptional bandwidth in a small chipscale surface-mount package, while maintaining exceptionally low insertion loss and high isolation with greater than 2W power handling,” he adds.

The compact 1.5mm x 2.2mm MASW-002103 chipscale-packaged SPDT (single pole, double throw switch) offers what is claimed to be the industry's smallest broadband surface-mount symmetrical SPDT solution. It also offers broadband performance out to 26GHz, with greater than 27dB of isolation and less than 1dB of insertion loss across the specified 2-20GHz frequency range. The switch can also handle power levels up to 38dBm at 2GHz and 33dBm at 20GHz.

The 1.65mm x 2.06mm MASW-003103 chipscale-packaged SP3T (single pole, triple throw switch) offers broadband performance out to 25GHz. The switch achieves greater than 30dB of isolation and less than 1.1dB of insertion loss across the specified 2-20GHz frequency range. It still typically achieves 1.4dB of insertion loss and 28dB of isolation at 25GHz. The switch can handle power levels up to 38dBm at 2GHz and 33dBm at 20GHz.

The MASW-004103 SP4T solution is only 1.5mm x 2.14mm and offers broadband performance out to 24GHz. It achieves less than 1.3dB of insertion loss and greater than 33dB of isolation across the specified 2-20GHz frequency range, and 1.6dB of insertion loss and 30dB of isolation out to 24GHz. This switch can also handle power levels up to 38dBm at 2GHz and 33dBm at 20GHz.

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