Power Sensor Spans 50 MHz To 18 GHz

Aug. 27, 2009
Optimized for use with the company's 4540 and 4500B peak power meters, the 59318 peak power sensor from Boonton Electronics, a Wireless Telecom Group Company, is ideal for measuring the power levels of modulated and pulsed signals from 50 MHz to 18 GHz. ...

Optimized for use with the company's 4540 and 4500B peak power meters, the 59318 peak power sensor from Boonton Electronics, a Wireless Telecom Group Company, is ideal for measuring the power levels of modulated and pulsed signals from 50 MHz to 18 GHz. It handles input power levels from -34 to +20 dBm in CW measurement mode and -24 to +20 dBm in peak measurement mode. It operates in low-bandwidth mode (50 MHz to 18 GHz) and high bandwidth mode (500 MHz to 18 GHz) using a Type N male connector. The sensor supports a 50-MHz instantaneous measurement bandwidth with better than 10 ns rise time for accurate pulsed power measurements. According to Wolfgang Damm, Product Management Director of the Wireless Telecom Group, "Boonton customers expect high quality, combined with state of the art test equipment allowing them to solve their measurement problems. In wireless technology, that translates to reliably measuring very complex signal forms, at very high accuracy and our new Boonton 59318 Power Sensor delivers."

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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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