Source Runs At Ku-Band

Oct. 7, 2010

The THOR-16000 Ku-band frequency synthesizer from EM Research operates over a greater than 5-percent bandwidth at 15.5 GHz. Supplied in a high-reliability package measuring just 2.5 x 1.1 x 0.4 in., it is suitable for on-off-keying (OOK), amplitude-shift-keying (ASK), and pulse-position-modulation (PPM) systems. It features switching capability with greater than 30-dB isolation and better than 50-ns transition time. It delivers +7 dBm output power with -20 dBc harmonics and -60 dBc spurious content/. The phase noise is -75 dBc/Hz offset 10 kHz from the carrier and -105 dBc/Hz offset 100 kHz from the carrier. The synthesizer draws less than 200 mA from a +5-VDC supply.

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

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.