Switch Controls 0.5 To 40 GHz

April 6, 2011

Designed for speed, bandwidth, and low power consumption, model P4T-500M40G-60-T-55-292FF from PMI is an absorptive solid-state switch with extremely broad frequency range of 500 MHz to 40 GHz. It exhibits low insertion loss of typically 4.8 dB with fast switching speed of typically 27 ns. It features at least 60-dB isolation at 40 GHz and better than 100 dB isolation at the lower frequencies. The rugged switch is supplied in a compact housing and draws only 125 mA current from +5 VDC and 70 mA from -5 VDC supplies.

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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.