Agile Synthesizer Tunes 1 To 310 MHz

June 4, 2009

Model LN310 is a fast-switching frequency synthesizer from Programmed Test Sources that offers better than 5-microsecond switching speed across the 1 to 310 MHz frequency range. The synthesizer features 0.1-Hz frequency resolution with better than -80 dBc spurious content and single-sideband (SSB) phase noise of -152 dBc/Hz offset 100 kHz from a 100-MHz carrier. The frequency synthesizer includes a binary-coded-decimal (BCD) control interface as well as local-area-network (LAN), GPIB, and Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces for flexibility in automatic-tes-equipment applications.

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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.