The Source on Design and Technology for the Wireless and RF Engineer
Faceplate Assemblies
July 30, 2001 4:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsOffering a completely assembled front panel solution for CompactPCI™ applications, Bivar introduces the CPCI-3U x 4HP Series of Faceplate Assemblies. Expanding on the company's new components and accessory product line designed specifically for the CompactPCI™ market, the new series complies with IEEE 1101....
3 Watts DC/DC Converters
July 30, 2001 4:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsElectronika offers model No. S2A05R of DC/DC Converters which is a low cost device. It is available in single and dual outputs. It provides regulated outputs and is protected against short circuit. The input voltage is 5 VDC (4.5 VDC-5.5 VDC) and output voltage is ± 15 VDC. The maximum output current is ± 120 mA and the efficiency type is 60% (typ....
Distribution Frame
July 23, 2001 5:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsTelect today unveiled its new Advanced Distribution Frame (ADF™), an innovative fiber optic distribution system specifically designed to accommodate emerging technologies in high fiber count central offices, gateway and CATV head ends. The ADF's state-of-the-art design, developed with significant input from several major service providers, delivers features, performance, density and ease of use by far beyond alternative solutions, rep...
Chip Attenuator
July 23, 2001 5:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsKamaya announces that their RAC10 1A series is now available in 18 attenuation factors ranging from 0.5 to 20 dB. This 1 × 1 mm surface mount chip array delivers a 57% PCB space savings compared to conventional attenuation circuits requiring three discrete resistors. With an attenuation range of DC=f=3 GHz, the RAC10 1A is suited for use in circuits from DC up to UHF band frequencies....
Flash Device
July 23, 2001 5:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsMicron Technology announced sample availability of the industry's lowest voltage 32 Mbit wireless flash component. Micron's 32 Mbit device supports various operating modes including page and burst, while operating with a power supply as low as 1.425 V. Micron is the first memory manufacturer to produce a 32 Mbit read-while-write Burst/Page Flash device operating at 1....
Probe Portfolio
July 23, 2001 5:08 am | Product Releases | CommentsDrawing on the company's knowledge of MEMS equipment and probe systems, Karl Suss has added vacuum and cryogenic stations to its range of analytical probe systems. Called the PAV and PAC systems, these probers give the company entry into the market for testing infrared sensor arrays, superconductors and pressure or vacuum related MEMS including micro-mirrors (optical networking) across a temperature range of +150 ° C down to 4 K, depend...
Plug-In Switch Card
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsRacal Instruments announces the introduction of the new model 1260-116 High-Density Plug-In Switch Card, providing engineers with a customizable switching platform capable of simultaneously switching power, stimulus, and response signals. Based on the popular 1260-16 design, the new Model 1260-116 is a 24 channel, Form C, Single-Pole Double-Throw (SPDT) Switch card ideal for general purpose switching and control of external devices....
TCXO
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsRacal Instruments introduces a new, high-precision, benchtop or rack mount use, GPIB counter/timer offering the test community the best cost and performance solution available on the market today. The new Model 2201, 225 MHz universal counter/timer, from Racal Instruments incorporates a Temperature Controlled Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) as a standard feature providing users with internal oscillator stability of one part per million (0....
Molded Reed Relays
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsA full line of molded reed relays offered in single- and dual-in-line packages for a wide variety of test and measurement, telecommunications, and security equipment applications are available fro MEDER electronic. MEDER SIL- and DIP Series Molded Reed Relays feature high voltage versions (SIL also available as current line sense model) in 1-Form-A, 2-Form-A, 1-Form-B, and 1-Form-C packages....
Interconnects
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsA new environmental interconnect system with a patented coupling mechanism that provides rapid, one-handed connection and consistent mating has been introduced by Amphenol® Industrial Operations. The STAR-LOK™ Series connectors are an industrial grade family of fast-mating plugs and receptacles for power, signal or mixed applications....
Polycarbonate Screws
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsMicro Plastics announces a new product line of Polycarbonate Screws. Polycarbonate has an exceptionally high impact strength and is one of the toughest, most dimensionally stable thermoplastics over a wide temperature range. This material is unaffected by greases, oils, detergents, aliphatic hydrocarbons, most mineral acids, and the higher alcohols....
19 Inch Rack
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsUNIPOWER's PowerCassette Rack is a 1U (1.72 inch) high, 19 inch rack which holds two of the new PowerCassette switching power supplies. With the two units in a 1 + 1 redundant, hot-swap configuration, the system produces up to 600 watts DC with up to 6 outputs. The PowerCassette's outputs are quickly programmed at the factory to meet a customer's requirements, resulting in an instant 600 watt redundant power system....
Electrical Conduit
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsElectri-Flex Company announces the availability of three types of flexible electrical conduits offering EMI/RFI (electromagnetic and radio frequency interference) shielding. These liquidtight conduits permit traditional wiring solutions in shielding applications, providing an alternative to costly, specialized shielded cable assemblies....
PCB Terminal Socket
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsAutosplice has developed a new PCB Terminal Socket that is designed to optimize the manufacture of standard surge protector assemblies used extensively in telecom environments. Surge protector blocks act as "circuit breakers" providing the interface between individual subscribers' copper loop lines and the rest of the telecom infrastructure....
Power Controllers
July 23, 2001 5:07 am | Product Releases | CommentsA highly integrated family of -70V hot-swap power controllers designed especially for telecom switch applications is now available from Micrel Semiconductor. Manufactured in 20-pin TSSOP and thermally-enhanced TSSOP packages, the MIC2596 and MIC2597 incorporate two completely independent -70V channels....
