Ultra Flexible Cable Line Expanded
HASCO, Inc., a global supplier of just-in-time RF and microwave components, has expanded their line of ultra flexible cables designed specifically for demanding microwave interconnect requirements. The HLB098 Littlebend Flexible Cable line now includes the HLB098-NJBH-NJBH-L, terminated with high performance Type N bulkhead connectors. The HLB098-NJBH-NJBH-L are phase and amplitude stable and well suited for dense microwave packaging with a 5.0 mm minimum bend radius in a 0.098 in. stainless steel braid. Also available in SMA, SMP, 1.0 mm, 1.85 mm, 2.4 mm and 2.92 mm connectors.
HASCO, Inc.
www.hasco-inc.com
Recently Released Configurations
HUBER+SUHNER offers a comprehensive portfolio of high performance RF and microwave cable assemblies for challenging defense applications. These assemblies are comprised of the SUCOFLEX 100, MULTIFLEX CT, SPUMA RS and MINIBEND coaxial cable families, all MIL qualified. In addition, HUBER+SUHNER has recently released configurations that incorporate stainless steel 316L connectors, offering outstanding mechanical durability and able to withstand extremely harsh environments: SMA, TNC and N series and straight male, right angle male and bulkhead types.
HUBER+SUHNER
www.hubersuhner.com
100+ GHz Ultra-Broadband Components
HYPERLABS builds precision components for ultra-broadband RF, high speed data, electro-optical and other cutting-edge applications. Designed with signal integrity in mind, these parts maintain clean eyes and introduce minimal perturbations. The expanded lineup of 100+ GHz parts now includes baluns, DC blocks, bias tees, power splitters and dividers, attenuators, terminations, pick-off tees and inverters. All HYPERLABS products are designed and manufactured in the U.S. and are compliant with RoHS, REACH and ITAR regulations.
HYPERLABS
www.hyperlabs.com/components/110-ghz/
Coaxial Cables for Defense
Insulated Wire Inc. designs and manufactures a range of coaxial cable from 0.034 to 0.750 in. including low loss/phase stable, hand-formable and semi-rigid cable types. IW specializes in supporting high performance systems with cable assemblies operating up to 110 GHz for land/sea/airborne defense platforms (e.g. EW, radar, comms) with ruggedization options and a range of jacket types available, including low outgassing solutions for space applications. IW also provides the additional capability to integrate their wire and cable products into custom composites.
Insulated Wire Inc.
www.insulatedwire.com
Ultra-Compact High Performance SSPAs with Demonstrated Reliability
Kratos has an extensive portfolio of ultra-compact power amplifiers covering 1 to 50 GHz with power levels ranging from 50 W CW to 2 kW pulsed. Offering SWaP-C solutions and fast turn-around times for custom designs and production, Kratos’ capabilities extend into Integrated Microwave assemblies supporting various EW, radar and communications applications meeting unique mission specific electrical and environmental requirements. 2024 product development includes frequency coverage of V- and W-Bands.
Kratos Microwave USA
www.kratosdefense.com/about/divisions/microwave-electronics/us
Beamforming Solutions with Butler Matrices
The KRYTAR Butler Matrix family uses KRYTAR’s own high performance 90- and 180-degree hybrid couplers providing superior phase accuracy, amplitude imbalance, stability, high isolation, low insertion loss and VSWR, and repeatability. Offering coverage of multiple microwave bands, from 0.5 to 40 GHz, a KRYTAR Butler Matrix is the ideal choice for antenna array beamforming, 5G NR (New Radio) testing, mmWave testing, MIMO testing, multipath simulation and performance evaluation and many other applications.
KRYTAR
www.krytar.com
100 MHz OCXO with Ultra-Low Phase Noise and Ultra-Low G-Sensitivity
KVG recently launched a new 100 MHz OCXO combining ultra-low phase noise and ultra-low g-sensitivity in a 26 mm x 26 mm package. Noise floor is lower than -182 dBc/Hz and phase noise at 100 Hz Offset is below -135 dBc/Hz. In combination with superior phase noise performance, G-sensitivity is guaranteed to be below 0.5 ppb/g, on request also below 0.2 ppb/g, which guarantees reliable performance even in harsh environments.
KVG Quartz Crystal Technology GmbH
https://kvg-gmbh.de/
LadyBug LB5967L RF Power Meter
LadyBug’s LB5967L Power Meter provides accurate measurements from 9 kHz to 67 GHz. The sensor’s wide frequency range, high dynamic range and fast measurement speed make it ideal for source calibration, eliminating multiple sensors often used to cover this frequency range. The RMS responding diode based sensor accurately measures signals with any modulation bandwidth. Interfaces include: USB HID, USBTMC, Optional LAN (HiSLIP) with PoE, SPI and I2C. Includes LadyBug’s multi-threaded software package.
LadyBug Technologies
www.ladybug-tech.com/product/the-lb5967l-9-khz-to-67-ghz-true-rms-power-sensor/
High Performance Components Since 1988
M Wave Design Corporation has been supplying low loss, high performance Ferrite and Waveguide components since 1988. The company specializes in high-mix, low volume microwave components. The unit illustrated above was a system design “afterthought” by its customer who ran out of space. M Wave solid modeled and built the WR28 full-band circulator and waveguide run into their package constraints and “on time and in budget.” M Wave Design Corporation designs and manufactures a broad range of custom passive microwave hardware from 100 MHz to 50 GHz.
M Wave Design Corporation
https://mwavedesign.com
MMIQA-0218HPSM Is Your Mission-Critical Solution
The MMIQA-0218HPSM from Marki Microwave is a versatile surface-mount IQ mixer with an integrated broadband LO driver amplifier. It offers 2 to 18 GHz RF/LO and DC to 3 GHz IF bandwidth support and features 7.5 dB I+Q conversion loss and 28 dBc image rejection across the band. The MMIQA-0218HPSM is an ideal solution for IQ, single sideband and image reject mixing applications with wide bandwidths. The integrated drive amplifier requires no pre-driver or sequencing. Now available at RFMW.
Marki Microwave
www.rfmw.com
20 GHz to 36 GHz and 28 GHz to 40 GHz YIG-Based Notch Filters for EW and ECM
Breakthrough product line of notch filters that cover mmWave frequencies. This family of new yttrium iron garnet-based filters provide superior notch depths over the 20 to 40 GHz frequency range. Two models provide tunable notches of 15 MHz minimum at 40 dB down across the 20 to 36 GHz (MLFR-2036) and 28 to 40 GHz (MLFR-2840) bands. Typical passband insertion loss is 3 dB and the passband range is 20 to 42 GHz.
Micro Lambda Wireless
www.microlambdawireless.com
Miniature Air Coils for High Reliability, RF and Microwave Applications
Microwave Components, Inc. (MCI) in Dracut, Mass., is a small, veteran owned manufacturer of miniature air coils. MCI has proudly been delivering custom, high Q, miniature air inductors to the aerospace, defense and space markets since 1978. Materials include; bare and insulated gold, copper, silver, gold plated copper, nickel copper alloy and aluminum wire. Inductances from 1 to 1000+ nH.
Microwave Components, Inc.
www.mcicoils.com