Synthesizer Generates Independent Outputs

Dec. 2, 2010

Model SYN151 is a low-profile, line-replaceable-unit (LRU) configured frequency synthesizer from TRAK Microwave based on indirect-synthesis and direct-digital-synthesis (DDS) approaches. It provides two independent and agile output signals at L-band with step sizes smaller than 1 Hz and switching speeds faster than 200 microseconds. Engineered for airborne environments, it achieves spurious performance in excess of -65 dBc and phase noise of better than -70 dBc/Hz offset 10 kHz from the carrier and better than -100 dBc/Hz offset 1 MHz from the carrier. It measures 7.4 x 4.5 x 1.285 in. with SMA connectors.

About the Author

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.