25-GSamples/s DAC Powers Function Modules

April 3, 2013

A line of function modules is now available to generate signals through about 12 GHz using a 25-GSamples/s, 10-b DAC.

A high-performance digital-to-analog converter (DAC) has found a new home. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions has applied the industry’s first 10-b, 25-GSamples/s DAC application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the model TDAC-25 from Tektronix, to its new CHAMP-WB family of OpenVPX™ signal-processing modules. The DAC is capable of a 60-dB dynamic range and can directly generate wideband signals through microwave frequencies.

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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.