NewProducts the resulting higher temperatures do not have a negative effect on the cable due to the thermal stability of the PTFE tape dielectric. Fairview Microwave Inc., www.fairviewmicrowave.com. Floating SMPM Coaxial Contacts Looking for an RF (DC to 26.5 GHz) addition to the VPX Platform? Check out SV Microwave’s latest high density, high performance VITA 67 product offering. SV’s floating SMPM coaxial contacts ensure excellent RF performance in any mating condition. These parts are also designed for side-by-side implementation with VITA 46 hardware and can be cabled to 0.086 and smaller coaxial cable types. COTS options for VITA 67.1 & 67.2 and custom configurations for VITA 67.3 are available. SV Microwave, www.svmicrowave.com. Surge Protection Products The LP-HBX-N high performance lightning protector series provides exceptional protection over the 100 to 700 MHz fre- quency band addressing high power (up to 750 W) single or multi channel applications. The DC blocked design provides superior surge protection while maintaining outstanding return loss and insertion loss performance. The white bronze plated construction of the LP-HBX-N series eliminates potential galvanic corrosion issues and provides long life in hostile environments and the fully weatherized housing is sealed to IP65 standards allowing for outdoor installation. Times Microwave Systems, www.timesmicrowave.com. Sources WhisperSyn Synthesizer American Microwave Corp. (AMC) announced the first member of the new WhisperSyn synthesizer product line, the model PSYN-06510-100. Whispersyn technology offers superior low phase noise and fast switching synthesizer technology. This compact package offers wide bandwidth coverage of 0.65 to 10 GHz, fast switching time of <100 µsec, excellent resolution of 0.001 Hz and super low phase noise. American Microwave Corp., www.americanmic.com. 3200 MHz VCO Crystek’s CVCO55CC-3200-3200 VCO operates at 3200 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.5 to 4.5 V. This VCO features a typical phase noise of -112 dBc/Hz of 10 KHz offset and has excellent linearity. Output power is typically +5 dBm. The model CVCO55CC-3200-3200 is packaged in the industry-standard 0.5" × 0.5" SMD package. Input voltage is 8 V, with a max. current consumption of 30 mA. Pulling and pushing are minimized to 3 MHz and 0.1 MHz/V, respectively. Second harmonic suppression is -12 dBc typical. Crystek Corp., www.crystek.com. Microlithic Doubler The MLD-1640 is the first multiplier available using Microlithic technology. It offers an input range of 8 to 20 GHz and an output range of 16 to 40 GHz. The Microlithic design technique allowed us to increase the fundamental suppression by over 10 dB to a typical 33 dB suppression across the band. Designers will be able to significantly relax the filtering requirements on their high frequency LO generation chains. It comes in a standard 0.152" × 0.090" Microlithic chip or connectorized S package. Marki Microwave Inc., www.markimicrowave.com. Free Running DRO 124 Mesa Microwave introduced a free running dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO). This DRO operates at a fre- Digital quency of 4.3 GHz, +15 dBm, -55° to +85°C. Frequencies up to 40 GHz are available. Mesa Microwave Corp., www.mesamicrowave.com. High Performance Synthesizer Synergy’s low phase noise synthesizer model LFSW170225-1M offers wideband coverage from +5 V supplies. The close-in phase noise is -102 dBc at 1 kHz through 10 kHz offset and –123 dBc at 100 kHz offset. It also provides buffered output power of +5 dBm (min), spurious suppression of 75 dB (typ.), and harmonics of 25 dB (typ). The frequency is varied in 10 MHz steps. This great performance is packaged in a small 1.25" × 1.00" × 0.230" housing (RoHS compliant). Synergy Microwave Corp., www.synergymwave.com. Fixed Frequency Synthesizer Z-Communications Inc. announced a fixed frequency synthesizer in the X-Band. The SFS11800C-LF is a single frequency synthesizer that operates at 11.8 GHz with a 10 MHz reference and features a typical phase noise of -90 dBc/Hz and -120 dBc/Hz at the 10 kHz and 100 kHz offsets, respectively. It is designed to deliver a typical output power of 3 dBm with a VCO voltage supply of 5 VDC while drawing 90 mA (typical) and a phase locked loop voltage of 3 VDC while drawing 11 mA (typical). Z-Communications Inc., www.zcomm.com. Software CST STUDIO SUITE® 2014 Computer Simulation Technology announced the release of the 2014 version of the electromagnetic simulation tool, CST STUDIO SUITE®. The latest edition has been developed to improve the performance of the solvers and increase the capabilities for hybrid simulation without compromising on usability. CST STUDIO SUITE comprises a range of electromagnetic simulation tools for high frequency, low frequency, charged particle and multiphysics applications, which are all available within a single graphical user interface. Computer Simulation Technology, www.cst.com. Test Equipment PCI Switching Solutions Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of PCI switching solutions by introducing seven new PCI cards and expansion of an eighth card. Expansion includes programmable MICROWAVE JOURNAL JUNE 2014