Wednesday, April 15, 2015
R. A. Wood Associates receives contract to build 8X8 microwave switch matrices
We received an order to design and build QTY 3 8X8 microwave switch matrices. The unit allows 8 RF/microwave inputs to be routed to any of 8 RF/microwave output ports. In another viewpoint, each of 8 RF/microwave output ports can select any of 8 RF/microwave input ports for down stream processing. The design includes:
- custom designed 8-way power dividers (covering a 4:1 bandwidth),
- a low band Up Converter,
- an AC/DC power supply,
- LVDS interface,
- RF amplifiers on inputs and outputs,
- custom design equalizers for slope correction,
- FPGA board for control and status (Built in Test) monitoring
The entire assembly is housed in a 2U rack mount assembly, saving precious rack space. The full frequency coverage is 0.5 to 18 GHz. The first unit will be delivered in September 2015.