Advanced Tech Supports High-Rate RF Data Links
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RF data links are important system building blocks and various technologies must come together to comprise effective and efficient versions of these links. In a recent demonstration, Samtec showed how several of its technologies can be put to use for RF data-link use cases.
In the demonstration, 256-QAM signals from an Agilent waveform generator were routed through Samtec’s Nitrowave cable assemblies. These 40-in. cables are phase-matched to 1 ps. A second element of the demo was an Analog Over Array board leveraging the company’s SEARAY lineup of high-density, open-field arrays.
The demo used mmWave broadband radio traffic modulated by a variable attenuator to a 73-GHz carrier frequency at a data rate of 24 Gb/s. The radio circuitry was built on a glass substrate implementing Samtec’s Glass Core Technology. Also incorporated in the demo was an E-band flexible waveguide comprising a 6-in. cable.
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