DLVA Tackles Signals To 6 GHz

Aug. 13, 2009
MITEQ has added a new model to its line of detector log video amplifiers (DLVAs), with its model FBLA-2/6-50 for applications from 2 to 6 GHz. Weighing just 20 g and measuring a mere 1.63 x 1.25 x 1.50 in. without SMA connectors, the microwave DLVA ...
MITEQ has added a new model to its line of detector log video amplifiers (DLVAs), with its model FBLA-2/6-50 for applications from 2 to 6 GHz. Weighing just 20 g and measuring a mere 1.63 x 1.25 x 1.50 in. without SMA connectors, the microwave DLVA features a dynamic range of 50 dB that can be extended to measure input levels as low as -70 dBm when used with one of the firms broadband low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). The amplifier features log linearity of better than +/-1 dB at room temperature and has a logging slope of 50 mV/dB at the center frequency and at room temperature. The EMI-shielded and hermetically sealed amplifier exhibits DC offset drift of typically +/-50 mV over an operating temperature range of -40 to +85oC and draws 100 mA typical current from a +8-VDC supply and 30 mA current from a -8-VDC supply.

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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.

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