Synthesizers Target INTELSAT Systems

May 5, 2008
MITEQ's LFTS series of low-phase-noise frequency synthesizers are well suited for INTELSAT applications. The sources feature standard 100-Hz step sizes, and provide an additional output port that can be used as a second-stage conversion local oscillator ...

MITEQ's LFTS series of low-phase-noise frequency synthesizers are well suited for INTELSAT applications. The sources feature standard 100-Hz step sizes, and provide an additional output port that can be used as a second-stage conversion local oscillator (LO). Available models include the LFTS5090, which operates from 50 to 90 MHz with +13 dBm output power and 1.5-dB output-power flatness, and model LFTS155330, which tunes from 155 to 330 MHz with +13 dBm output power and 1.5-dB output-power flatness. Both synthesizers suppress second harmonics to -20 dBc with in-band spurious content of -65 dBc or better. The higher-frequency unit offers phase noise of -78 dBc/Hz offset 100 Hz from the carrier and -98 dBc/Hz offset 10 kHz from the carrier. The lower-frequency synthesizer exhibits phase noise of -89 dBc/Hz offset 100 Hz from the carrier and -109 dBc/Hz offset 10 kHz from the carrier.

MITEQ, Inc.

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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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