Endwave Unleashes Dual-Output VCOs

May 26, 2010
Endwave Corporation drew microwave designers to booth 2724 at this week's IMS exhibition with information about its new lines of dual-output voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) for applications through 15.5 GHz. The ...
Endwave Corporation drew microwave designers to booth 2724 at this week's IMS exhibition with information about its new lines of dual-output voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) for applications through 15.5 GHz. The monolithic-microwave-integrated-circuit (MMIC) oscillators are based on InGaP/GaAs heterojunction-bipolar-transistor (HBT) technology and supplied in low-loss 32-lead QFN packages measuring just 5 x 5 mm. As an example, model EWV0801YF has a fundamental-frequency range from 7.3 to 8.3 GHz with typically +12 dBm output power and a divided frequency range of 3.65 to 4.15 GHz with typically +6 dBm output power. It tunes via control voltages of 2 to 13 V and supply current of typically 275 mA. The phase noise is -112 dBc/Hz offset 100 kHz from the carrier, while subharmonic levels are typically -40 dBc and second-harmonic levels typically -30 dBc. The company offers a variety of the surface-mount VCOs, typically in approximate 1-GHz tuning bands from 7.3 to 15.5 GHz.
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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

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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