Power Dividers/Combiners Span 500 To 6000 MHz

Aug. 14, 2008
A pair of 50-ohm reactive power dividers/combiners offers outstanding electrical performance over the extremely wide bandwidth of 500 MHz to 6 GHz. Model 50PD-645 from JFW Industries, Inc., is a two-way divider/combiner while model 50PD-650 is a four-way ...

A pair of 50-ohm reactive power dividers/combiners offers outstanding electrical performance over the extremely wide bandwidth of 500 MHz to 6 GHz. Model 50PD-645 from JFW Industries, Inc., is a two-way divider/combiner while model 50PD-650 is a four-way divider/combiner. The two-way model 50PD-645 features insertion loss of 0.9 dB or less (above the 3-dB power split) from 500 to 6000 MHz with maximum VSWR of 1.50:1. The minimum isolation is 18 dB, with 5 W CW input power-handling capability as a divider and 2 W CW input power-handling capability as a combiner. The two-way component exhibits extremely tight amplitude tracking of 0.35 dB and phase tracking of 5 deg. between signal arms. The four-way model 50PD-650 power divider/combiner maintains insertion loss of 1.8 dB or less (above the 6-dB power split) from 500 to 6000 MHz with maximum VSWR of 1.60:1. It achieves at least 18 dB isolation between ports, with amplitude tracking of 0.6 dB and phase tracking of 6 deg. The four-way divider/combiner handles 5 C CW input power as a divider and 1 W CW input power as a combiner. Both components are designed for operating temperatures from -40 to +85C and equipped with SMA female connectors.

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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.

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