Compact YIGs Tune To 9 GHz

Jan. 11, 2011

Several YIG-tuned products have been announced by Raditek as more compact replacements for the company's earlier YIG products, now supplied in a 1 x 1 in. package that is only 20 mm high. The new products include a pair of YIG oscillators that tune from 3.8 to 7.0 GHz and from 3.95 to 9.00 GHz with at least +13 dBm output power and spurious products controlled to -70 dBc or better. The oscillators feature +/-0.1-percent tuning linearity and a frequency-modulation (FM) coil with sensitivity of 150 kHz/mA. The oscillators draw typically 100 mA current from a +8.5-VDC voltage supply. The phase noise is around -103 to -105 dBc/Hz offset 10 kHz from the carrier.

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Jack Browne

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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.