TeraVicta Ships 26.5-GHz MEMS Switch

April 11, 2007

TeraVicta Technologies announced its new TT1244 26.5-GHz single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch. Ideal for test equipment, radar, and communications systems applications, the switch features third-order intercept point of better than +75 dBm. The insertion loss is 0.1 dB at 10 MHz, 0.4 dB at 12 GHz, 0.7 dB at 18 GHz, and 1.8 dB at 26.5 GHz. The isolation between ports is 55 dB at 10 MHz, 30 dB at 12 GHz, 20 dB at 18 GHz, and 20 dB at 26.5 GHz. The MEMS switch sells for $92 each in small quantities and $49 each in quantities of 1000. It can also be supplied as part of the TT1244AD-EB switch evaluation board, available for $995 each. The MEMS switch is supplied in a standard surface-mount micro-BGA chip-scale package.

TeraVicta Technologies, 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.