Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of its L Series of economically priced, high performance electromechanical switches that operate up to 26.5 GHz and offer an operating life of two million cycles.
Agilent’s L Series is comprised of terminated and un-terminated SP4T and SP6T multi-port switches, as well as a transfer switch. The series features guaranteed insertion loss repeatability of less than 0.03 dB throughout the two-million-cycle operating life. This capability not only minimizes measurement uncertainty, but also reduces the downtime for recalibration and improves testing efficiency.
Manufacturing test engineers doing system integration in telecommunications and component manufacturing face a range of challenges related to the cost of test and the reliability over test systems’ life expectancy. Addressing these challenges, Agilent’s L Series offers a complete selection of high performance RF switches, economically priced to minimize the pressure associated with stringent budgetary constraints.
These switches deliver the required functionality over their life expectancy while providing the flexibility to deal with the most complex switch matrix and automatic test equipment (ATE) applications.
“Agilent is the established leader of high performance electromechanical switches with exceptional operating life,” said Agilent’s Ee Keong Ban, general manager of the Electronic Measurement Group’s Test Accessory Operation. “With the introduction of the L Series, customers now have the flexibility to choose between life expectancy and cost, without sacrificing switch performance. The L Series marks Agilent’s entrance into the cost-sensitive switch market and reiterates our commitment to continue to provide cost-effective, value-added solutions to the test and measurement industries.”
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