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Peak Sensor Gauges Power To 40 GHz

June 17, 2010

Model 59340 is a peak power sensor series from Boonton, a Wireless Telecom Group company, which is usable to 40 GHz. It is optimized for the firm's 4500B and 4540 power meters. The sensor series measures power levels from -24 to +20 dBm in peak mode and -34 to +20 dBm in continuous-wave (CW) mode. It has a measurement bandwidth as wide as 35 MHz from 50 MHz through 40 GHz and has rise time of less than 10 ns. The sensors range from 0.5 to 40 GHz in high-bandwidth mode and from 50 MHz to 40 GHz in low-bandwidth mode. All sensors in the family are equipped with a male K connector. According to Wolfgang Damm, Product Management Director of the Wireless Telecom Group, "Not only is this sensor built on the latest technology, it also offers an outstanding value at a very affordable price."

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.