Narda and IMS 2009: An Opportunity to Showcase Our Full Product Portfolio
Walter Crofut, Marketing Manager, Narda Microwave-East
For decades, Narda Microwave-East has proudly participated in the International Microwave Symposium (IMS). We view this event as the major venue for showcasing our latest products serving the industry. This year will be no exception as we introduce some significant advances from our engineers in virtually every area of our portfolio since last year’s symposium.
We are excited to present a rapidly-expanding family of innovative microwave integrated circuits (MICs), including modulator drivers for lightwave applications, RF safety products, and the world’s largest inventory of RF and microwave components.
As the ideal setting for attendees to talk one-on-one with Narda’s technical representatives, we look forward to presenting a diversified portfolio of RF and microwave components featuring thousands of models, many available from stock. In Boston, we will be showcasing our full line of attenuators, couplers, phase shifters, power dividers and combiners, isolators, and circulators, as well as solid-state and electromechanical switches, and components dedicated to satellite communications applications, and many others.
At IMS 2009, Narda will introduce its second generation of products based on advanced MIC technology using an innovative approach to achieve greater performance. The new MIC product families to be unveiled will further reduce the size, weight, and cost of MIC assembly, and have higher levels of integration. Narda will be highlighting three families of advanced MIC product methodologies including: Ultimate MICs, Multifunction MICs, and Surface Mount MICs.
The Ultimate MIC family combines multi-layer printed circuit fabrication with microwave hybrid manufacturing to yield very high levels of integration, providing the benefits of digital components such as FPGAs rather than analog components to perform digital signal processing, real time temperature compensation, and control functions. The new multifunction MIC family uses new materials and attachment technologies to achieve superior electrical performance and compact size. Surface mount MICs are targeted for frequencies up to 26 GHz and are well suited for high-volume, low-cost applications.
Visitors to our booth can see the Model 10512 linearized-VCO-based arbitrary FM waveform generator. This flagship product in the Ultimate MIC family, digitally generates uniformly-distributed, pseudo-random noise that can be applied to each of two independent carriers. The characteristics of the noise waveforms, including center frequency, video bandwidth, dispersion bandwidth, and other parameters, are digitally controlled via the module’s parallel interface. Two VCOs and a high-speed, PIN-diode-based SP2T switch allow the unit to rapidly toggle between the two carriers and each carrier’s center frequency can be changed by up to 50 MHz in less than 100 ns. Also on display will be the DCA Series of 63-dB digitally controlled attenuator family, another example of how Narda’s innovative MIC design and fabrication techniques can produce unique benefits.
Narda’s Multifunction MIC portfolio will be represented by a Ka-band 10-W solid-state power amplifier, Ku-band and Ka-band block up/down converters, and family of variable phase and variable output power amplifiers covering 2.7 GHz to 43 GHz. For satcom ground terminal applications, Narda will demonstrate frequency generators that can serve as local oscillators in frequency converters and transceivers. We have products for lightwave communications and safety test solutions with truly impressive technology and performance. So make sure you pay us a visit and earn more.