3-GHz PIN Switch Controls 100 W

Dec. 19, 2014

A high-power switch operates to 3 GHz in a plastic package for commercial and military applications.

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Designed for commercial and military applications requiring robust power-handling capability, model MASW-011030 is a single-pole, three-throw (SP3T) PIN diode switch for applications from 30 MHz to 3 GHz. Designed in a common-anode configuration, the switch can handle 100 W continuous-wave (CW) incident power at a base-plate temperature of +85°C. The compact component achieves 40-dB isolation with only 0.35-dB insertion loss at 2 GHz and more than 15 dB input return loss. It is 1B human-body-model (HBM) electrostatic-discharge (ESD) rated. The switch is supplied in a 7-mm HWFN 16-lead plastic package and is suitable for both high-power CW and pulsed signal operation, including in land-mobile radios and other military communications applications.

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., 100 Chelmsford St., Lowell, MA 01851; (800) 366-2266, (978) 656-2500, FAX: (978) 656-2804

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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.