Signal Generator Runs On Batteries

April 29, 2010

Model HMC-T2100B is a portable synthesized signal generator from Hittite Microwave Corp. that operates from 10 MHz to20 GHz on rechargeable batteries. Ideal for in-field testing, the source provides as much as +27 dBm output power with 40-dB output-power control in 0.1-dB steps. Harmonics are -39 dBc or better at 1 GHz while spurious content is -65 dBc or better at 10 GHz. The phase noise is -113 dBc/Hz offset 100 kHz from a 1-GHz carrier. The signal generator features 10-kHz frequency resolution with frequency switching speed of 300 microseconds. It includes Ethernet, GPIB, and USB interfaces and runs about 4 hours on a battery charge.

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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.