Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc. Introduces New High-Power Reflective Switch
Press Release from Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc.
May 5, 2014
Frederick, Maryland - Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc., a world leader in state-of-the-art hybrid MIC/MMIC components and subsystems, announces the release of its latest high-power reflective switch.
PMI Model No. P2T-1G1R1G-25-R-TFF-40W is a single pole, two throw, hermetically sealed, reflective switch designed to operate over the 1.0 to 1.1GHz frequency range. This model is designed to handle 40 watts average input power and 4KW peak having a 3usec pulse width and 1% duty cycle. The switch offers fast switching speeds of 300nsec maximum, low insertion loss of 0.4dB typically and high isolation of 37dB typically. The DC supplies are +50VDC, 18mA typical and +5VDC, 63mA typical. The housing measures 3.92" x 2.68" x 0.70" and is supplied with TNC Female connectors.
Specifications:
| Frequency | 1.0 to 1.1GHz |
| Power | 4KW Peak |
| Average Power | 40W |
| Insertion Loss | 0.8dB max – Measured 0.4dB |
| Isolation | 25dB min |
| VSWR | 1.5:1 – Measured 1.2:1 |
| Rise Time | From 10% to 90% RF |
| Duty Cycle | 1% |
| Pulse Width | 3uS |
| PRF | 600Hz |
| Switching Speed | 300ns max |
| Switching Rate | 2KHz |
| Cold Switching | Yes |
| Control | TTL |
| Power Supply | +50V @ 50mA – 18mA typ. |
| Connectors | TNC Female (J1, J2, J3), 9-Pin Micro D (DC/Control) |
| Size | 3.92" x 2.68" x 0.70" |
Environmental Ratings:
| Temperature: | -40ºC to +55 ºC Operating |
| -54ºC to +125 ºC Non-Operating | |
| Environmental: | MIL-STD-810E |
| EMI/EMC: | MIL-STD-461 |
About Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc.
Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc. (PMI), was founded in 1989 by Dr. Ashok (Ash) K. Gorwara to take advantage of the growing demand in monolithic based products using Hybrid MIC/MMIC technology. PMI offers its unique DC to 40 GHz products for applications in space, military, communications, telecommunications and consumer electronics.
PMI's staff of experienced project engineers and program managers are integrating the latest DC to 40 GHz Hybrid Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (HMMIC) into receiver front-end components such as Successive Detection Logarithmic Amplifiers (SDLVA), Log RF/IF Log Amplifiers, Threshold Detectors, Phase Shifters, Limiters, Diode Detectors/Limiter Detectors, Directional Detectors, Bi-Phase Modulators, I&Q Vector Modulators/Detectors, Directional Detectors, Power Dividers (Inphase & Quadrature), Linear Amplifier Detectors, High Speed Video Buffer Amplifiers, High Speed TTL/ECL Converters, High Speed ECL/TTL Converters, High Dynamic Range Receiver Front Ends/IFM and Channelized Subsystems, Frequency/Polar Discriminators, High Power Amplifiers, Monopulse Comparators, Image Reject & Balanced Mixers, Frequency Synthesizers and Frequency Discriminators, to produce units with higher reliability, more uniform performance and lower cost.
