High-speed (2 nS), Low-insertion Loss, Low-VSWR, Low Video Leakthrough, High-temp, Hermetic SPST PIN-Diode Switches. Production Units. Description: High reliability, high-temperature, high-speed, hermetic single-pole single throw broadband PIN-Diode switch with integrated driver. SMA connectorized. Technical Summary: Broad-band PIN-diode Switches, 2-18 GHz, low insertion loss, high return loss, 2 nanosecond switching times with low video leak-through. Challenges: Extended Operating Temperatures (-54C to +95C, intermittent operation to +105C), guaranteed temperature cycles, hermetic enclosure. Developed new, wide-temp, low-VSWR microwave contact launches, temperature tolerant substrate carrier attachment, microstrip-line-semiconductor integration for low-reflection, wide bandwidth microwave circuits. No tuning required. Project Value: Approximately $1,000,000. Project Duration: 2 Years. Responsibility: Program Manager, project engineer, design engineer, from customer bidding to production and technology transfer to prime contractor. Medium-Speed (250 nS), High-isolation, Low-insertion Loss, Decent-VSWR, SP4T PIN-Diode Switch. Production Units. Description: Production model of a single-pole 4-throw PIN-Diode Switch with integrated driver. Technical Summary: High Isolation, Medium-speed Challenges: Inherited project. Re-designed, re-qualified, re-manufactured and delivered. | Medium-Speed (150 nS), Low-insertion Loss, Low-VSWR, SP3T PIN-Diode Switch. Engineering Model. Description: High reliability, medium-speed, Engineering Model single-pole three-throw broadband PIN-Diode switch with integrated driver. SMA connectorized. Technical Summary: Broad-band PIN-diode Switches, 2-18 GHz, low insertion loss, high return loss. Challenges: Project Value: Approximately $8,000. Project Duration: 0.5 Years Responsibility: Project Engineer, design engineer, internal development, report. | Medium-Speed (250 nS), Low-insertion Loss, Low-VSWR, SP7T PIN-Diode Switch. Engineering Model. Description: Engineering Model of a single-pole 7-throw PIN-Diode switch with integrated drivers in an aluminum housing with SMA connectors. Technical Summary: Challenges: Project Value: Approximately $10,000. Project Duration: 0.5 Years Responsibility: Project Engineer, design engineer, internal development, report. |
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