MACOM

PIN Diode Switches Tackle 200 W to 1 GHz

Jan. 21, 2015
These SP3T and SP4T diode switches handle high power levels to 1 GHz.

Suitable for land, sea, and air applications in commercial, industrial, and military systems, a new pair of PIN diode switches can handle as much as 200 W CW incident power from 50 MHz to 1 GHz with low loss and high isolation. Models MASW-011040 and MASW-011041 are single-pole, four-throw (SP4T) and single-pole, three-throw (SP3T) switches supplied in surface-mount housings. They can be used for either pulsed or CW signals, and both switches exhibit less than 0.5-dB insertion loss and more than 40-dB isolation between ports across their full frequency ranges. Harmonics are controlled to better than -70 dBc. The switches are manufactured in the firm’s proven hybrid manufacturing process and housed in 9-mm HQFN 20-lead plastic packages.

MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc., 100 Chelmsford St., Lowell, MA 01851; (800) 366-2266, (978) 656-2896

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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.

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