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Microwave Amplifiers – The Workhorse of Modern Communication TechnologyDate posted: July 30, 2024
Raditek Microwave amplifiers are solid-state amplifiers in the frequency range of 1 to 100 GHz. Microwave amplifiers that we manufacture are extensively used in Electromagnetic Compatibility systems (EMC), interference (EMI), Defense systems, Medical and diagnostic systems, and laboratory and field testing appliances. Modern transistors made from gallium arsenide (GaAs) or gallium nitrate (GaN) are used Read More...
Raditek Coaxial Coupler – Super Performer
Date posted: July 29, 2024
Raditek coaxial coupler is an essential indispensable part of contemporary technology because it ensures dependable and effective signal transmission in a variety of electronic systems. It is a benchmark product in the industry. Coaxial couplers from Raditek are preferred over other brands owing to their deftness in transmitting RF signals across mediums. Coaxial Coupler manufactured Read More...
Raditek SSPA
Date posted: July 26, 2024
Raditek offers cutting-edge SSPA (Solid State Power Amplifiers) made in our ultra-modern production facility using either GaN, GaAs, or FET technology and different topologies, resulting in high efficiency, high power levels, and a compact, space-saving amplifier device. Our SSPAs are extensively used in wireless communications systems, broadcasting applications and other critical amplification systems found in defense, airborne, and space Read More...
OCXO-tor-Heart of Microwave Applications
Date posted: July 25, 2024
An OCXO is an extremely reliable frequency timing device. It is a standard crystal oscillator whose internal temperature is controlled and maintained consistently by a small internal thermostatically regulated mini-oven. The high level of frequency stability provided by oven-controlled oscillators is essential for many electronic communication systems, field testing devices, and other similar laboratory equipment. Applications Read More...
Quality Block up Converter – Guaranteed Performance
Date posted: July 24, 2024
A block up converter, also known as BUC, is an integral circuitry used in the transmission (uplink) of satellite signals. The newest and most sophisticated BUCs on the market are offered by Raditek; they simultaneously transmit L-band frequencies to several satellite transponders while converting them into the required C, Ku, and Ka bands of satellite frequency. Read More...
SSPA – The Determined Power Booster
Date posted: July 23, 2024
Raditek SSPA It amplifies the RF and Microwave frequency signals from 30MHz to 300GHz. Our state-of-the-art SSPA is especially used in satellite communication technology. It is an integral and active device that drives the transmitters used in broadcasting equipment and other audio amplification appliances and also in defense and aerospace equipment and systems. Our solid Read More...
Raditek’s Dynamic Phase Lock Oscillator
Date posted: July 22, 2024
A phase lock oscillator from Raditek is state-of-the-art planar, with three terminals and a dielectric resonator device that generates high-quality microwave signals at lower frequencies. The vital function of a Phase Lock Oscillator is to generate an output signal whose phase is related to the input signal. Raditek manufactures the widest range of best-performing oscillators Read More...
Rubidium Oscillators – Accurate and Strong Frequency Pulse
Date posted: July 19, 2024
Rubidium Oscillators are recognized as a precise Time standard. Other oscillators are prone to frequency drifts, but a rubidium oscillator provides an uninterrupted and precise frequency pulse, making it the most reliable time clock for companies that deal with radio, microwave, and satellite frequencies. Although not as precise as a cesium oscillator, rubidium oscillators are the most accurate time Read More...
The Kingpin of Electronic commination
Date posted: July 18, 2024
Microwave amplifiers are the most integral part of modern electronic communication systems. Many strategic and tactical communication systems depend on microwave amplifiers for GPS, radar and space, Defense communication, and DTH systems. All the above-mentioned systems require a robust, well-performing microwave amplifier to deliver the desired output. Raditek, manufactures state-of-the-art microwave amplifiers. Our microwave amplifiers Read More...
Dependable Coaxial Couplers from Raditek
Date posted: July 17, 2024
Looking for a coupler coaxial for your test kits and other microwave applications? Raditek’s coaxial couplers are among the best in the industry and a benchmark components in fact. They are used to transmit RF signals from one medium to another and are used in various measuring applications that ascertain load source isolators’ functioning, and Read More...
Band Pass Filter – The Concierge of Radio Frequency
Date posted: July 16, 2024
Band Pass Filter is an electronic device that permits the frequencies of a selected range to pass while baring other signals at unsolicited/unrequired frequencies from going getting into the receiver set and create disturbances thereby. The main functions of a band pass filter circuit to pass or amplify certain frequencies and accentuate other frequencies. It Read More...
Solid-State Power Amplifier – Inextricable Satellite Communication Device
Date posted: July 15, 2024
SSPA stands for a solid-state power amplifier. This is one among the two types of microwave amplifier, the other one being traveling wave tube amplifier-TWTA. Amplifiers come in varied shapes and sizes, especially in the satellite communication sector. Whether it is SSPAs, vacuum-tube amplifiers, magnetic amplifiers or negative resistance amplifiers, all have their inherent usefulness Read More...
Top-class SSPA from Raditek
Date posted: December 15, 2023
SSPA Amplifier GaN or GaN SSPA is a tiny, lightweight amplifier designed to work with multiband modems and radios, either alone for transmit-only systems or in combination with other components to form a duplex electronic system/s. Raditek’s GaN SSPA amplifiers are found in extensive use in the industry as they are both, mechanically stable and importantly, Read More...
Magical Drop-in-isolator
Date posted: December 12, 2023
Drop-in Isolators from the ISO 9000 company, Raditek, are two-port devices that allow the propagation of RF and microwave frequency signals in one single, unilateral direction. The state-of-the-art drop in isolator propagates signals into a single direction using a transversely magnetized ferrite junction to a designated output port for its further use. Well-engineered and fabricated Read More...
Types of Waveguide Components
Date posted: October 16, 2023
Waveguide components are devices that guide waves, like electromagnetic waves, microwave, and sound waves. These components let a signal to propagate with minimal loss of energy as they restrict the expansion in one dimension or two. These devices are available with multiple ports and can be bought according to the requirement. Circulators Circulators propagate the Read More...
Choices in Waveguide Circulators and Isolators
Date posted: October 11, 2023
A Waveguide Isolator is a device with two-ports that transmits microwave or radio frequency (RF) power in a single direction. It shields the signal on its input side, from any kind of effects of conditions on its output side. The way it is used to prevent a microwave source from getting detuned by a mismatched Read More...
Waveguide Rotary Joint
Date posted: October 4, 2023
Waveguide rotary joint or WRJ in electronic phraseology is a component used to pass on the microwave energy-frequency-from the stationary lines to rotating lines. They are also known as rotating couplers or RF rotary joints. They are made of two waveguide-to-coaxial transitions which are connected by a coaxial line. As axial cables are circular, the Read More...
OCXO
Date posted: September 27, 2023
The quartz crystal in an electronic oscillator needs to be maintained at a constant operating temperature to prevent changes in its frequency due to variations in the ambient temperature. Therefore, in order to maintain the crystal oscillator at a required temperature, it is housed in an oven with the thermostat devise that indicates the existence Read More...
Combiners That {Com “binds”}
Date posted: September 22, 2023
High power combiners from Raditek are integral components that combine RF signals and distribute them in scheduled calibrated proportions along the system-designed pathways. Raditek high power combiners help intermix and amalgamate several power amplifiers to form a larger block of amplifier system. State-of-the-art Raditek power combiner harnesses several RF signals to a common output without any change/loss in its Read More...
High Power Coupler – Integral Electronic Component
Date posted: September 18, 2023
High power couplers from Raditek are widely used in the field of radio technology that involves transmission and detection of electro-magnetic waves used for normal and satellite communication. Our engineers devised cutting-edge high-power couplers that couple a calibrated amount of electromagnetic power in a transmission cable connected to another circuit, allowing all such connected systems to operate Read More...
Microwave Amplifier – Nurtures Microwave Frequencies
Date posted: July 17, 2023
Raditek microwave amplifiers are solid-state devices with an operating frequency range of 1MHz to 100GHz that are utilized extensively in defense combat and reconnaissance systems, medical and laboratory equipment, and field testing devices. Raditek amplifiers are used extensively in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) systems which are critical for railways and aerospace and other high-profile installations. Read More...
Coupler Coaxial That Delivers Quality Performance
Date posted: July 13, 2023
Raditek’s coupler coaxial or coaxial coupler is a fundamental microwave component used in test kits, microwave applications, and other RF power monitoring applications. Coaxial couplers manufactured by us are invariably used to ascertain, without interfering with the main transmission lines-standing wave patterns and their negative repercussions on the system output, load source isolators, and other wide range Read More...
Integral Satellite Communication Device
Date posted: July 10, 2023
Raditek Block up Converter or BUC as it’s referred to in electronic trade, is predominantly used in applications that are to transmit (uplink) microwave signals to the satellites. These are also used to transmit satellite RF signals to multiple transponders concurrently and simultaneously. Our latest BUCs are precision engineered to convert frequency signals from the L band Read More...
Versatile SSPA from Raditek
Date posted: July 6, 2023
The most significant advantage of SSPA is that it is more robust, durable, and less expensive than its traveling-wave-tube amplifier (TWTA) equivalent. The SSPAs manufactured by Raditek are state-of-the-art devices that are guaranteed hassle-free performance. Raditek engineers have in-depth knowledge and experience which helps them in the manufacture of complex electronic communication components, devices, gadgets, and Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillators
Date posted: May 17, 2023
Raditek’s phase lock oscillator (PLO) is a sophisticated component that synchronizes the output oscillator signal with a reference signal. Modern PLLs that we sell, assist in maintaining and propagating frequencies in the calibrated amplitude and waveform by keeping the waveforms of the input and output frequencies identical. A phase lock oscillator is available in various architectures having different properties. Read More...
Rubidium Oscillator – Guarantees Accurate Frequency and Amplitude
Date posted: May 12, 2023
Rubidium oscillators manufactured by Raditek are used in time distribution services. When compared to their OCXO competitors, these modern oscillators from Raditek feature minimal drift. Additionally, they outperform normal OCXOs in terms of stability (0,002ppb/s a 100s) and long-term aging (below 1ppb/year). And therefore Raditek rubidium oscillators are predominantly used to regulate telecommunication infrastructures, television broadcasts, Read More...
Advanced GaN Based SSPA from Raditek
Date posted: April 4, 2023
Raditek’s SSPA amplifier GaN (Gallium Nitride) is a compact, lightweight amplifier meant to be used in multiband modems and radios circuitries, either independently for a transmit-only system or in conjunction with other components to form a duplex system. The most recent solid-state power amplifiers and transistors from Raditek or other sophisticated electronic component manufacturers use gallium nitride, a crucial revolutionary Read More...
Electronic Wonder Device Called High Power Combiner
Date posted: March 27, 2023
Raditek’s high power combiners are the key elements in the fast-evolving high-power RF and microwave systems used in radars, communication, directed energy, electronic warfare, air traffic control, and research facilities like particle accelerators. Our high-power combiners coalesce or add many RF input signals to a single output while preserving the distinctive impedance of the inputs. Excellent high Power Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillator – A Multiple Advantage Gadget
Date posted: March 20, 2023
A phase lock oscillator or a phase-locked loop (PLL) is extensively used for analog as well as digital data transmission applications. An advanced phase locked oscillator from Raditek is a sophisticated electronic circuit that constantly adjusts to match the frequency of its input signal. Our phase locked oscillators are primarily used to create, stabilize, modulate/demodulate, filter, and Read More...
Stable Time and Frequency Device
Date posted: March 15, 2023
Superior quality rubidium oscillators: why use them? Advanced rubidium oscillators, like those made by Raditek, have substantially less drift than an OCXO. In comparison to OCXOs, our precisely tuned rubidium oscillator offers greater short-term stability of 0.002ppb at 100s and long-term aging of below 1ppp/year. Normal oscillators are susceptible to energy loss, which reduces the Read More...
Rubidium Oscillators – Most Accurate and Ever-dependable
Date posted: February 14, 2023
Radtiek’s superlatively engineered rubidium Oscillators are the most preferred oscillators by sensitive systems and applications such as time distribution, communication systems, and infrastructures like DTH broadcast and others. They are also used in DTH broadcast systems and commercial airborne systems like radars, missiles, and the like. Rubidium oscillators exhibit superb performance with short-term stability of 0.002 Read More...
Ever – Vigilant – Raditek Band Pass Filter
Date posted: February 6, 2023
A band pass filter developed by Raditek is a stringent electronic firewall that permits only calibrated frequency bands to propagate further, for its logical role in the systems or applications for its logical role. The state-of-the-art bandpass filters that we manufacture are widely used in wireless and telecommunication systems, acoustics, and optic applications. Our Top-Class Read More...
Raditek PLO – Economic Price and Uninterrupted Performance
Date posted: January 25, 2023
A phase lock oscillator is a control system that creates an output signal related to the phase of the input signal, also referred to as a phase lock loop or PLL. Raditek’s markets different types of phase lock oscillators fitted with a variable phase detector that is fitted with a variable frequency oscillator and a Read More...
Raditek Rubidium Oscillators – A Benchmark Product
Date posted: January 20, 2023
The most precise time standards now available are known as rubidium oscillators, which are utilized as time distribution services to regulate things like telecommunications infrastructure, TV broadcasts, and global positioning satellite systems (GPS). Raditek offers rubidium oscillators that have a tick mark against important performance parameters like 1) Bit Error Rate 2) Calibration Intervals and 3) Read More...
SSPA – The Workhorse of Electronic Communication World
Date posted: November 30, 2022
State-of-the-art SSPA (solid state power amplifiers) from Raditek are predominantly used in wireless communications and broadcasting systems. SSPA designed by our engineers is a cutting-edge device capable of handling an operating frequency load from 10 kHz to 18 GHz and an operating power load from milliwatts to Kilowatts. Raditek also provides SSPA in narrow, broad, Read More...
The Microwave Pacemaker
Date posted: November 24, 2022
Raditek Microwave amplifiers are engineering marvels, cutting-edge equipment that has been creatively built to accomplish their intended and specified purpose. As a result, our microwave amplifiers, which have a frequency capability of 1 to 100 GHz, offer calibrated performance levels in terms of Gain, Stability, SNR, Power, and Linearity. And hence they are well suited for Read More...
A Splitter and yet Extremely Useful
Date posted: October 17, 2022
A power splitter is rated on its capacity to handle power, and Raditek power splitters are reputed to use only specific resistors and wire sizes (diameter and thickness of the conducting material in it) that enable them to yield specified output. Power splitters keep the transformer from getting saturated at a lower frequency of the Read More...
Band Pass Filter – The Electronic Barrage
Date posted: October 12, 2022
A band pass filter is an electronic component only programmed/calibrated range or a band of frequencies to pass thru its output port and attenuates the rest of the frequencies. Raditek markets varieties of the best-in-class band pass filters and they are 1) low-pass filter 2) high-pass filter 3) band-pass filter 4) notch filter or band reject Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillator – Key Electronic Communication Component
Date posted: September 29, 2022
Raditek’s phase lock oscillator is an incredible control system that generates an output frequency corresponding to the phase of its input signal therefore, it is also known as a phase lock loop (PLL). It tracks input frequency and can also trigger at a frequency higher than the input frequency. And therefore these PLLs are used Read More...
Rubidium Oscillator – The Pulse Pacer of Electronic Communications
Date posted: September 23, 2022
Rubidium oscillators are high-quality quartz crystal-based OCXOs connected with a PLL circuit, to a “physics package” rubidium oscillator, which is best known in the electronic industry for producing a highly stable frequency of 6834682610.904 Hz. A rubidium oscillator component provides the benefits of both, OCXO and rubidium references. Such state-of-the-art rubidium oscillators manufactured by Raditek Read More...
Raditek HPC – Industry Quality Benchmark
Date posted: September 22, 2022
High power couplers from the company, Raditek, manufacture high power couplers that link a specific quantity of electromagnetic power in a transmission line to a port, allowing the signal to be used in another circuit or circuits. We design and even develop customized power couplers for different design expertise and criteria. Our state-of-the-art power couplers Read More...
Robust Combiners from Raditek
Date posted: September 16, 2022
Our High power combiners are the state of the art component used by most of the electrical and electronic manufactures as they provide low insertion loss and high isolation and return loss. It combines different RF feeds into a common output without degrading it in anyway. Besides the above mentioned attributes, other features of Raditek’s Read More...
Versatile Power Combiner Block
Date posted: September 2, 2022
High power combiners from Raditek are integral devices that combine various RF signals and tether them to a common output port without altering the characteristic impedance. Theoretically, a power combiner and a power divider are the same except that the specific requirements of these two components may be different, in terms of handling, phase & port matching, and Read More...
High Power Coupler – Integral Component of RF Technology
Date posted: August 29, 2022
High Power couplers extract a predetermined quantity of electromagnetic power in a transmission line, allowing it to be shared and used in another circuit. These couplers have a low insertion loss and moreover, a coupling flatness of +/- dB is maintained across models. They are also handy to address misalignments and axial movements. Power couplers from Raditek are Read More...
Perfect Frequency Pulsator
Date posted: August 25, 2022
Wherever and whenever a frequency precision is required, you will find Raditek’s Rubidium Oscillators embedded in circuitry to generate sinusoidal waveforms of fixed amplitude and frequency. Our rubidium oscillators are re-modified oven-controlled crystal oscillators with their output tethered to a rubidium circuit, a world standard for highly accurate frequency pulse generation, and are a primary source of power in electrical Read More...
Amplifiers – Frequency Booster White Knights
Date posted: August 22, 2022
Team Raditek acknowledged the challenges of high-frequency operations and the demand for flawless performance and miniaturization by the industry. With a resolve to overcome the challenges, our engineers have been successful to develop a low noise amplifier (LNA) that is ahead of the competition offer and that too without affecting the signal-to-noise ratio. It is Read More...
Drop-in Isolator – The Electronic RF Insulator
Date posted: June 28, 2022
Isolators drop in, or drop-in isolators, are devices that isolate radio frequencies or microwave frequencies or their configured bandwidth from other frequencies propagating in a given system. Drop-in isolators are available for a range of frequencies from 40 MHz to 60 GHz with a power rating of up to 400W. These are extensively used in Read More...
High PC – A Vital Boon to Electronic Circuits
Date posted: June 22, 2022
Our high power couplers have a reputation for being steadfast in their task and performing their designated functions with unrivaled accuracy. High power coupler is a connecting device that connects the RF transmission line to resonators and particle beams. High power coupler, also known as “high PC”, in the electronic jargon, is a directional coupler, a passive device, mostly Read More...
Drop in Isolator Offers Frequency Isolation Par Excellence
Date posted: April 29, 2022
Looking out for Isolators drop in that propagates RF or microwave signals with the negligible loss in its amplitude? Raditek sells top-of-the-line drop-in isolators that eliminate the problem of interfering RF frequencies. The drop-in isolators that we offer are configured with stripline or microstrip circuitry-based tab / pad-leads. These are manufactured with quality ferrite material that Read More...
Benchmark High Power Couplers from Raditek
Date posted: April 25, 2022
High Power couplers from Raditek are state-of-the-art components, used mostly in the field of radio technology. Its function in an electronic system is to couple a calibrated amount of energy-electromagnetic power in transmission lines connected to various designated ports, allowing the signal to be utilized in the circuits concerned. High power couplers are an interface, Read More...
High Power Combiners and Splitters – RF Match – Makers
Date posted: April 22, 2022
Raditek‘s High Power Combiners are cutting-edge devices designed to provide RF/Microwave output signals while maintaining the input impedance properties, resulting in outstanding amplitude and phase balance, high power handling capacity, and high isolation levels. These ultra-modern power combiners are well-suited for all wireless band frequencies including narrow bands to octave and multi-octave bandwidths. And all Read More...
Rubidium Oscillators – Synonym for Consistent Sine Wave
Date posted: April 19, 2022
Rubidium Oscillators manufactured by reputed companies like Raditek are a type of atomic clock that are the most accurate time standard known as of now. And therefore, are predominantly used in time distribution services to regulate telecommunication infrastructures, Television broadcasts, and global positioning satellite system-the GPS. Normal OCXOs are prone to frequency drift, and as a result, frequency Read More...
Component That Blocks Intermingling of Frequencies
Date posted: March 8, 2022
Isolators drop in or drop-in isolators are used to protect, shield and set apart one microwave device from the other. It isolates radio waves/microwaves inadvertent mismatch or variation that may be caused during loading times. Drop-in isolators are based on microstrip or stripline technology and have tab leads to aid interconnections and as a result, Read More...
Pioneering Power Coupler
Date posted: March 2, 2022
High power couplers from Raditek forms a part of essential devices used predominantly in the field of radio technology. It is the most essential connecting part between RF transmission line and RF cavity and also provides vacuum barrier to beam vacuum. We are able to achieve low insertion loss and coupling flatness of +/- 1 Read More...
Amplifier – The Integral Part of a Microwave System
Date posted: February 28, 2022
Microwave amplifiers designed by our engineers at Raditek are state-of-the-art devices that offer ultra-high linearity, unique form factor, high energy efficiency, and a simple front panel for operations. Microwave amplifiers designed by us meet the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing standards that cover a wide frequency range from kHz up to GHz. Amps designed by our Read More...
Combiners That Deliver Calibrated Output
Date posted: February 22, 2022
State-of-the-art high power combiners from Raditek are among the best in the industry. We are privy to this reputation based on the performance integrity of the combiners manufactured by us. Advanced combiners manufactured by us are known for their performance integrity at all times, for all frequency and power grades. Different narrow band to multi-octave RF inputs that are Read More...
Drop-In Isolator – An Integral Stability Component
Date posted: December 15, 2021
Isolators drop in or drop-in isolators, as they are normally referred to are basically used to protect other RF components in the circuitry from the excessive signal reflection that can adversely affect the performance of a system/application. These are predominantly used in wireless communications systems, military gadgets, applications and systems, and the cellular communication Read More...
Power Coupler – An Astute Device
Date posted: December 9, 2021
All coupling devices have the same basic function: to transmit power, accommodate misalignments, and adjust for axial movements. High power couplers are electronic devices that transfer calibrated electromagnetic power from a transmission line to a port, allowing it to be used in another circuit while compensating for any misalignments or axial movements. Power couplers are Read More...
Waveguide Rotary Joint – Important Receiver-set Component
Date posted: November 23, 2021
Waveguide rotary joint is used in microwave communication systems to connect two different types of RF waveguides to achieve free rotation without performance degradation. This device is a very crucial component of surveillance radar systems, missile systems and other scientific systems, commercial and military communication devices Raditek supplies the top-quality waveguide rotary joints in the industry, Read More...
High Permittivity Raditek DROs
Date posted: November 17, 2021
Dielectric resonator oscillators, also known as DROs, are those oscillators that use dielectric resonators as the frequency-determining element to produce signals with excellent stability, high Q, and very low phase noise. State-of-the-art DROs manufactured by Raditek are extensively used in millimeter-wave electronic oscillators to control the radio waves generated. These are also used in bandpass filters, bandstop Read More...
On RF Highways – RF Amplifiers – Booster Pits
Date posted: November 10, 2021
An RF Amplifier boosts or intensifies signals in the radio frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is used to strengthen the sensitivity of the receiver or the output of the transmitter set. In other words, a radio frequency amplifier transforms a low-power radio frequency signal into a higher-power radio frequency signal in the range Read More...
Oscillators – The Pulse Stabilizers of Communication Systems
Date posted: November 3, 2021
Rubidium oscillators are improvised OCXOs with an atomic rubidium clock as the output frequency control, which is regarded as a standard for precise output frequency. Crystal oscillator frequency output is stabilized to rubidium’s ultra-fine transition of 6834682610.904 Hz. Rubidium oscillators are the most precise time standards used to regulate applications and systems like telecommunication infrastructure, commercial television networks, and Read More...
Rubidium Frequency
Date posted: October 14, 2021
Raditek’s Rubidium Oscillators are the gold standard for precision timing products. A Rubidium oscillator works by regulating the crystal oscillator to a rubidium hyperfine frequency of 6834682610.904 Hz and is regarded as the most precise time standard in the world. Therefore they are used in time distribution services to regulate TV broadcasts, global positioning Satellite systems and Read More...
Latest SSPAs – Apt for Heavy – Duty Applications
Date posted: October 8, 2021
A solid-state power amplifier or SSPA as it is known in the industry is designed for use in most demanding applications. Solid-state power amplifiers use cutting-edge GaN and GaAs-based transistor technology and various other relevant architectures. Raditek SSPA designs use Gallium Arsenide or Gallium Nitride power devices to provide high efficiency, high power levels. Our SSPAs can easily be Read More...
Waveguide Rotary Joints That Keeps Applications Distortion
Date posted: September 13, 2021
Waveguide rotary joint is a unit used to connect two different types of radiofrequency waveguides in a microwave communication system. For example, airport reconnaissance radars, its rotating antenna is connected to its transmitter/receiver with the help of a rotary joint. There are a variety of rotary joints available in different size and geometrical shapes like L, Read More...
Band Pass Filter – Frequency Check Post
Date posted: September 7, 2021
Receivers on the ground and in space do not require all radio/microwave frequencies that are crossing the sky at any given time. Therefore, a band pass filter (BPF) is utilized to block/attenuate undesired frequencies and propagate only the calibrated range of a frequency band that a system/application is designed to process. As a result, it substantially reduces Read More...
Dependable Rubidium Oscillator
Date posted: August 5, 2021
Rubidium oscillators are oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs) whose output is tethered to an inbuilt rubidium (atomic) clock, which is noted for its precise frequency (oscillations) output. Due to the internal and external working environments, a standard OCXO is prone to triggering weak amplitude, resulting in incorrect frequency output. Telecommunication infrastructure, TV broadcast systems, GPS systems, Read More...
Solid State Amplifier – Salient Facilitators
Date posted: July 30, 2021
A solid-state power amplifier, also known as SSPA, increase the amplitude of the input signal without a change in its other parameters like frequency or the waveform. Solid-state power amplifiers are used in applications that warrant large amplification of the input frequencies/signals. Power amplifiers are available in the frequency range from 0.30GHz to 100GHz. Unlike Read More...
Amazing Rotary Joint Sections
Date posted: July 7, 2021
A Waveguide rotary joint is used to connect two different types of RF waveguides used in an application. In the rotating part the electrical continuity is achieved by using certain types of chokes eliminating the metal contacts. Waveguide rotary joint has ports in U-style, L-style, or both the ports in I-style, vis-à-vis its rotational axis. Read More...
The Core of Communication Devices
Date posted: June 28, 2021
OXCO is actually a normal quartz crystal oscillator that is housed in a mini thermostatic oven in order to maintain an constant (required) temperature at all times and conditions. Changes in the temperature can cause a drift in the center frequency and drastically jeopardize the calibrated output parameters. And therefore, the use of oven-controlled crystal Read More...
Waveguide Rotary Joint – Crucial Component for Radar Applications
Date posted: May 12, 2021
Waveguide rotary joint is used to connect two different types of RF waveguides in a communication system. With the use of a waveguide rotary joint, a free rotational movement can be achieved without degrading the performance of microwave RF signals. A waveguide rotary joint component is an electro-mechanical component used to transmit microwave signals-radio bands or Read More...
OXCO – The Temperature and Frequency Stabilizer
Date posted: May 5, 2021
The quartz crystal in an electronic oscillator needs to be maintained at a constant operating temperature to prevent changes in its frequency due to variations in the ambient temperature. Therefore, in order to maintain the crystal oscillator at a required temperature, it is housed in an oven with the thermostat devise that indicates the existence Read More...
Microwave Frequency Signal Boosters
Date posted: April 30, 2021
Microwave amplifiers are vital solid-state devices in the frequency range of 1to 100GHz to enhance the power, amplitude, or the oscillation span of input signals without providing additional distortion to its waveform, spectral composition and signal-to-noise ratio. In other words, microwave amplifiers provide gain, stability, power, and linearity to the microwave signals received by it Read More...
Rubidium Oscillators – Benchmark of Precision
Date posted: April 27, 2021
Rubidium Oscillators are a type of atomic clock with the most accurate time standards-not as precise as Cesium, though-which is used as a time distribution service to superintend telecommunication infrastructure, Television broadcast, aerospace, defense sector, and global navigation satellite systems. Normal oscillator circuits are prone to energy loss resulting in weak amplitude. Hence, in order Read More...
SSPA – A Very Important Electronic Device
Date posted: March 1, 2021
The function of any amplifier, including the SSPA (solid-state power amplifier) is to increase or add to the power charge on its input signals. Solid-state amplifiers can amplify signals in the range 30KHz to 300GHz. SSPA is commonly used in cellular networking and broadcasting systems. Its shape and size can be varied as needed by Read More...
The Radio Frequency Inhibitor
Date posted: February 23, 2021
A Band pass filter (BPF) is used to block the unnecessary frequencies and allow only the required frequencies to pass further into a system, appliance, or application. An integrated system decides the requisite resonant frequencies and the unnecessary frequencies get removed with digital or a band pass filter. In essence, the band pass allows only those Read More...
RF Amplifier – An Integral Electronic Device
Date posted: February 15, 2021
Microwave amplifiers are devices that boost the voltage or power of the radio frequency that is fed into it from various sources like the antenna and or from other systems. Microwave amplifiers are a solid-state RF device that provides gain, stability, power, linearity and noise reduction to the input signal and amplifies it as per Read More...
Congenial Coupler
Date posted: February 10, 2021
Coupler coaxial is a very basic microwave device used in almost all the microwave applications and systems. It is widely used in the telecommunication sector, test gadgets, instruments and in commercial applications like medium-power transmitters, aerospace industry and military communication systems. While the splitter degrades signals (3dB), coupler coaxial, on the other hand dissipates it Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillator – A Significant Component
Date posted: January 4, 2021
A phase lock oscillator is available in various architectures having different properties. Its basic function is to generate periodic signals. The phase comparator in the circuitry then compares the phase of these periodic input signals and adjusts the oscillator, if needed, to keep the input and the output phases matched. The locked input and output Read More...
LNB – Crucial Satellite TV Broadcast Component
Date posted: December 28, 2020
The magic of crisp and clear television images and sound has to be attributed to LNB-Low noise block down converter. LNB device is mounted on satellite dish which collects and reflects radio waves beamed down by the satellite, approximately twenty-two thousand miles away, and converts it into a signal that could be sent to a Read More...
SSPA – The Work-horse of Electronic Amplification
Date posted: November 17, 2020
The advent of Gallium Nitrate (GaN) based, scaled-down and miniature models of transistors assisted the development of energy-efficient, environment friendly, less voluminous, and light-weight GaN transistor-based solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) – referred to as SSPA amplifier GaN – with excellent linearity and output power. SSPA amplifier GaN is the most practical alternative to the traveling Read More...
Dependable Rubidium Oscillator
Date posted: November 5, 2020
Applications like telecommunication infrastructure, TV broadcasts, global navigation satellite systems, aerospace and defense sector applications require highly precise amplitude and frequency oscillation cycle. A Rubidium Oscillator is an atomic clock which derives its stability from the intrinsic stability of the rubidium ground state hyperfine resonance. Most rubidium devices will have a frequency offset of less Read More...
Microstrip Isolators – A Crucial Electronic Device
Date posted: October 6, 2020
Microstrip isolator is a radio frequency segregator which is made by applying microstrip technology in which a conductor is separated from the ground plane by a dielectric layer called the substrate. Microstrip lines are used to conduct microwave frequencies. The isolator’s function is to guard other RF components from excessive signal reflection. Microstrip isolator can Read More...
The Multipurpose High Power Circulator
Date posted: October 5, 2020
A circulator is a 3 or 4 port non-reciprocal, Ferro-magnetic, device which transfers the power to other adjacent ports as per the circuitry design. Circulators allow high power flow which is the microwave energy, only in one direction within the RF circuit. Such circulators can have isolation ratings ranging from 16dB to 22dB. When one Read More...
SSPA – A Key Electronic Device
Date posted: September 16, 2020
SSPA is a device used to increase the magnitude of the signal received from the input mode. In other words, the power amplifier infuses the weak input signal with power as a result the output power load is greater than the input load. Solid-state power amplifiers are specifically used in all the applications that need Read More...
Bandpass Filter – Frequency Patrol Picket
Date posted: September 9, 2020
Band pass filter is a frequency patrol picket in an electronic device. This “picket” would allow frequencies of a certain-calibrated/desired-bandwidth to pass through and prevent the unsolicited signals from getting through for further process. Band pass filter is used in wireless communication transmitters and receivers. Rejection of non-calibrated frequencies helps the transmitter to limit the Read More...
Raditek – Where Quality Beckons
Date posted: August 14, 2020
Raditek is a trusted electronic brand name for components, appliances, and equipment used in the global wireless and microwave telecommunication applications. Raditek came into existence in1993 and with a clear focus on quality products, continuous innovations, and applications the based approach has yielded them high performing and durable products looked up to by the telecommunication Read More...
The Ingenious Flexible Waveguides
Date posted: August 12, 2020
Flexible waveguides are structures that guide electromagnetic waves in one calibrated way with minimal loss of energy or signal strength. Without the curtailment of waveguides, the amplitudes decrease as it traverses a three dimensional space-as stated by the inverse square law. Often referred to by the portmanteau as “flexiguides”, they are used to connect two Read More...
Vital Powerful and Dynamic Component – Microwave Amplifier
Date posted: August 10, 2020
Microwave amplifiers are electronic devices capable of increasing the power of an RF signal. It is a two-port device that intensifies the amplitude of signals received from its input terminals and relays them to the output port. The quantum amplitude increase is called “Gain”. Microwave amplifiers can be a separate individual device or be built-in Read More...
The Frequency Nexus
Date posted: July 17, 2020
A Waveguide rotary joint is a component in a microwave communication system which is used to connect two different radio frequency waveguides. Waveguide rotary joint or WRJ in electronic phraseology is a component used to pass on the microwave energy-frequency-from the stationary lines to rotating lines. They are also known as rotating couplers or RF Read More...
OCXO – The Frequency Sustainer
Date posted: July 14, 2020
OCXO stands for Oven controlled crystal (Xtal) oscillator. These are used in devices or pparatus where a high degree of frequency stability is required. An oven-controlled crystal oscillator or OCXO is a device that has higher frequency stability. It is an oscillator, where a crystal oven is used to maintain the quartz crystal, in an Read More...
LNB the Crucial Satellite TV Transmission Device
Date posted: June 3, 2020
Low Noise Block Downconverter – LNB – also called a low noise block – is a receiving device that is fitted on satellite dish antennas for satellite TV reception. It collects radio frequency waves beamed by a relevant satellite, on the dish antenna, and converts them into signals to be sent through coaxial cable to Read More...
SSPA – Used in SATCOM (Satellite Communications)
Date posted: May 27, 2020
SSPA stands for Solid State Power Amplifier. Amplifiers, irrespective of their types, are used to enhance the amplitude of the radio frequency received by the satellite antennas. Specifically used in satellite communication technology, it is an active device that drives the transmitter. Intensifying the amplitude of the RF results in relative increase of noise, distortion, Read More...
About Waveguide Rotary Joints
Date posted: May 14, 2020
Used in microwave communication applications, a waveguide rotary joint allows one part to be rotated while connected to a fixed part. An example is a rotating radar antenna In the moving parts, the electrical continuity is achieved using λ/4-chokes which do away with metal contacts. Waveguide rotary joint facilitates the continuous and regular flow of Read More...
Utility of Dielectric Resonator Oscillators
Date posted: May 7, 2020
Dielectric resonator oscillators or DROs make use of dielectric resonator as a frequency-determining element to generate frequencies signals with very high stability and low micro-phonics The physical dimensions of dialectical material used, it shape-rectangular or a disc-and the dielectric constant, determine the resonant frequency of the dielectric resonator oscillators. The resonant frequency of the dielectric Read More...
Microwave Amplifier – A Vital Electronic Device
Date posted: April 20, 2020
Microwave Amplifiers take in a very low-level signal input from a lossy transmission medium to amplify it to a calibrated level with a minimal additive noise. Microwave amplifiers are solid-state amplifiers. These amplifiers have a frequency range of 1 to 100GHz. Microwave amplifiers are extensively used in electromagnetic compatibility systems (EMC), electromagnetic interference (EMI), defense Read More...
Power Splitter – An Important Device for Radio Frequency Equipment
Date posted: April 14, 2020
A Power splitter is one of the most conventional passive devices which receives an input signal and delivers multiple output signals to different output ports, with a specific phase and amplitude characteristics. In other words, the power splitter apportions the signal input, received by the base station antenna, to multiple output ports for its further Read More...
Band Pass Filter – The Concierge of Radio Frequencies
Date posted: March 18, 2020
Band Pass Filter is an electronic device that permits the frequencies of a selected range to pass while baring other signals at unsolicited/unrequired frequencies from going getting into the receiver set and create disturbances thereby. The main functions of a band pass filter circuit to pass or amplify certain frequencies and accentuate other frequencies. It Read More...
SSPA – Inextricable Satellite Communication Device
Date posted: March 13, 2020
SSPA stands for a solid-state power amplifier. This is one among the two types of microwave amplifier, the other one being traveling wave tube amplifier-TWTA. Amplifiers come in varied shapes and sizes, especially in the satellite communication sector. Whether it is SSPAs, vacuum-tube amplifiers, magnetic amplifiers or negative resistance amplifiers, all have their inherent usefulness Read More...
LNB – The Marvel Component That Made the DTH Concept Possible
Date posted: February 17, 2020
It is a modern-day technological miracle that we are able to receive crisp pictures, clear sound in our television sets, from satellites, orbiting thousands of miles up in the space. The electronics that made this possible is a wonderful weather-proof device called the LNB-Low noise block downconverters. Low noise block downconverters-known as LNB-is a receiving Read More...
Power Splitter – The Amicable Segregator
Date posted: February 11, 2020
The power splitter is used, mostly in radio technology. Radio Frequency (RF) power splitters are used to split or divide a single frequency line into several lines or pathways. When the power splitters are used the other way round, it turns into a combiner where it combines more than one frequency line into a single Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillator – The Phase Match Maker
Date posted: January 21, 2020
A Phase Lock Oscillator or PLO as referred to in the electronic parlance, utilizes state-of-the- art planar circuits, three-terminal devices and dielectric resonator technology to generate high-quality microwave signals at lower frequencies. Other devices like frequency multipliers, amplifiers and filters are used to extend the low frequencies for higher frequency requirements A standard Phase Lock Read More...
Low Noise Amplifier – The Work Horse of a Radio Receiver
Date posted: January 13, 2020
A low noise amplifier is an electronic device that amplifies a very low-power signal without significantly degrading its signal-to-noise ratio. An amplifier will increase the power of both the signal and the noise present at its input, but the amplifier will also introduce some additional noise. Low noise amplifiers or LNAs are designed to minimize Read More...
Different Types of Power Splitters
Date posted: December 11, 2019
Power Splitters are devices used to split a single Radio Frequency (RF) line into one or more output lines. These are passive devices and are used predominantly in the field of radio technology. These splitters transmit a defined amount of electromagnetic power in a transmission line to a port, enabling the transmitted signal to be Read More...
Block Upconverter and its Uses
Date posted: December 2, 2019
Block upconverter, also known as (BUC) is used in uplink of satellite signals. It converts a given band of low frequencies to a higher frequency typically needed for uplink work. Latest block upconverters converts frequencies from L band to S band, C band, x band. KU band and Ka band. Most block upconverters use phase-lock Read More...
Low Noise Amplifiers
Date posted: November 28, 2019
Low Noise Amplifiers, also known as (LNA) are an electronic device that amplifies signals of a very low strength from the input source like an antenna where the signals are barely recognizable and need to be amplified with the addition of noise-that without degrading the signal to noise ratio (SNR). LNA’s are designed to minimize Read More...
Uses of Microwave Amplifier
Date posted: November 18, 2019
Microwave amplifiers are solid state amplifiers in the frequency range of 1 to 100GHz. Microwave amplifiers finds extensive use in Electromagnetic Compatibility systems (EMC), Electromagnetic interference (EMI), Defense systems, Medical and diagnostic systems, laboratory and field testing appliances. Point To Point microwave links. The characteristics of a microwave amplifier are gain, stability, noise, power, linearity, etc. Types Read More...
Guide to Pick Right Block Up Converter
Date posted: November 11, 2019
BUC stands for ‘Block Up Converter.’ Its main function is to transmit signals to satellites. Users install it to change a low IF frequency signal to higher frequencies for transmission to a satellite. To select the most appropriate Block Up Converter, you must consider all these parameters. – Input: Input in the BUC is the Read More...
RF Amplifiers and their Types
Date posted: November 4, 2019
Amplifiers RF is used to amplify signals to the desired magnitude. There are different types of amplifiers used for various purposes. If you are looking for one, here are the types that would help you to come up with the one you need. Broadband Broadband Amplifiers are used to get moderate gain over a wide Read More...
A Guide to Low Noise Amplifiers
Date posted: October 25, 2019
Low Noise Amplifiers, also known as LNA, convert downlink low power satellite signals while maintaining signal-to-noise-ratio. Hence, they are called Low Noise Amplifiers. Low Noise Amplifiers are used in radio communication systems, medical equipment, mobile phones, cordless phones, and electronic test equipment. A Low Noise Amplifier supplies a power gain such as 100dB while simultaneously Read More...
Everything You Need To Know About Block Up Converters
Date posted: October 21, 2019
Block Up Converters, also known as BUCs, are a piece of crucial equipment in the telecom and satcom industries. What is a Block Up Converter? Block Up Converters are used to transmit signals to satellites. They convert lower L Band frequency IF signals into higher frequency signals. Moreover, block converters magnify these signals. Block Up Read More...
Understanding the Difference between Dual LNB and Single LNB
Date posted: August 29, 2019
LNB is the abbreviation for a Low Noise Block downconverter. It is a piece of small equipment installed at the front of the antenna to receive a signal from the satellite, amplify and then pass it down through the cable. If the picture or sound in your television is not clear, there might be a Read More...
Understanding the Objectives of Band Pass Filter and Cavity Diplexer
Date posted: August 23, 2019
Band Pass Filter (BPF) and Cavity Diplexer have one thing in common that they both have to deal with frequency filtering. BPF lets only the frequency of a particular range to pass while Cavity Diplexer keeps frequencies separated that are received and transmitted. Band Pass Filter Band Pass Filter is the combination of Low Pass Read More...
Waveguide Rotary Joint Brings Flexibility in Electrical Connections
Date posted: July 9, 2019
In everyday language waveguide rotary joint provides RF connections with the movable joint ensuring a consistent flow of signal with low insertion loss and good power-handling capabilities to exceed the maximum limits of the whole system. Its primary characteristic is to allow at least one of the transmission line to rotate when it connects high-speed Read More...
Uses of Waveguide Circulators and Isolators
Date posted: July 1, 2019
Waveguide circulators are three or four port devices used to create isolation between transmitted and received signals. Commonly, the Waveguide Circulators are used for many tasks including electronically steered antenna (AESA) arrays, satellite communications, and telecommunications applications such as mobile phones, etc. A waveguide isolator is defined as the modified circulator with one port terminated Read More...
How to Pick the Right Microwave Amplifier
Date posted: June 28, 2019
Microwave amplifiers are solid state amplifiers in the 1 to 100GHz Frequency Band. They are used in defense systems, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing, EMI (electromagnetic interference), medical diagnostics, and communications testing, laboratory testing and field testing applications. Raditek solid state amplifiers include either Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) or Gallium Nitrate (GaN) active devices: these are the Read More...
A Solid State Power Amplifier Buying Guide
Date posted: June 20, 2019
SSPA (Solid State Power Amplifier) is an RF amplifier comprising a series of combined FET (field effect transmitter) that amplify the RF signals. These are made up of semiconductor devices such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) or Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) which provides higher performance because of their high band gaps and electron mobility at high frequencies. Read More...
Block Upconverter and Its Types
Date posted: June 11, 2019
Engineers strive hard to enhance the performance of any system. An ideal system according to users is something that requires less input and maintenance while delivering optimal performance. The performance of any system depends on many small elements and Block Up Converters are one of them. Block Upconverter is abbreviated as ‘BUC.’ It is the Read More...
Difference between Band Pass Filter and Cavity Diplexer
Date posted: June 6, 2019
In the Telecommunications industry using radio frequencies to transfer data in the form of audio, videos, text and other forms, one of the most important tasks is to limit and separate the frequencies. Sometimes you have to amplify the frequencies or convert it in another form. A wide range of devices are used in this Read More...
Describing a Phase Lock Oscillator
Date posted: April 24, 2019
A PLO or Phase Lock Oscillator is the combination of phase-locked loop and an oscillator. It is a device which continuously adjusts itself to match the parameters set by the engineer or user such as frequency and voltage or phase of an input or output signal. The Phase Lock Oscillator is used for generating, modulating, Read More...
Understanding the Features and Uses of Dielectric Resonator Oscillators
Date posted: April 22, 2019
Dielectric Resonator Oscillators (DRO) are the oscillators that makes use of dielectric resonators as the frequency determining element while producing signals. These signals exhibit the features of exceptional signal stability, low micro-phonics, and high Q, making the oscillator known as a Dielectric Resonator Oscillator. The resonant frequency of Dielectric Resonator Oscillators depends on its dielectric Read More...
Comparing Two Solid State Power Amplifiers
Date posted: March 13, 2019
Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) converts a low-power radio-frequency signal into a higher power signal. The Raditek SSPA product line was designed to use in high-end technology applications like Airborne, Radars, Missile, and Communication applications. Further, there are many types of the solid-state power amplifier including the comparison between Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and Gallium Nitride Read More...
A Brief Introduction of Band Pass Filter
Date posted: March 13, 2019
Filters are used in every industry in different ways and for different purposes. Similarly, BPFs (Band Pass Filters) are also used as a filter but, they filter signals instead of any physical component or data. A BPF is the combination of a HPF (High Pass Filter) and a LPF (Low Pass Filter). In technical language, Read More...
Types of Flexible Waveguide Bend
Date posted: February 25, 2019
A waveguide is defined as a hollow conducting tube which transmits electromagnetic waves. These waveguide components are available in rigid and flexible forms. Rigid Waveguides cannot be bent or twisted if needed, and on the other hand, Flexible Waveguides can be bent or twisted according to their type and design. There are three primary types Read More...
Describing Power Splitters in Detail
Date posted: February 25, 2019
Power splitters are used to split power in any ratio by choosing the correct values of resistors and configuration. They provide accurate an impedance match over a wide band of frequencies. Power splitters are used in a variety of different configurations to divide power. The most common power dividers are two-way power dividers, and they Read More...
Types of Power Splitter and Their Uses
Date posted: February 7, 2019
Power Splitters are used in a multitude of applications as they are used to split the power between two or more ports. These are also known as power dividers, and when a power splitter is used in the opposite direction it works as a power combiner. However, there is an insertion loss and a splitting Read More...
Types of RF Amplifiers
Date posted: February 4, 2019
Amplifiers RF are used to amplify signals to the desired magnitude. There are different types of amplifiers used for various purposes. If you are looking for one, here are the types which would help you to come up with the one you need. Broadband Broadband Amplifiers are used to get moderate gain over a wide Read More...
How to Check a Satellite LNB
Date posted: January 11, 2019
An LNB (Low Noise Block Downconverter) is a device mounted at the focus of the satellite dish to receive signals and transmit them through the cable to the end point at the modem receiving side. Its performance may degrade over time due to exposure to weather conditions and continued use. You must check it at Read More...
Difference between BUC and LNB
Date posted: January 10, 2019
A BUC (Block Up converter) is used in a satellite communications UP LINK A LNB (Low Noise Block Converter) is used in a satellite communications DOWN LINK BUC (Block Up converter) It converts the radio signals from a lower frequency to higher to transmit to the satellite. On the other hand LNB (Low Noise Block Read More...
Understanding Band Pass Filter
Date posted: January 9, 2019
A Band Pass Filter (BPF) is a device used to filter signals. If a user wants to pass the signals only between two specific frequencies he uses a Band Pass Filter. It passes only the signals falling between a set range and discriminates against the signals at frequencies lower and higher from that range. These Read More...
Various Uses of Amplifiers
Date posted: January 8, 2019
Amplifiers are developed to amplify weak signals. They are available in various types to fulfil different requirements of users. Let’s discuss the types and their uses – Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) It performs the same function of amplifying the signals from very low power and without significantly degrading its signal-to-noise ratio. It is named LNA Read More...
Block Upconverter Explained
Date posted: January 7, 2019
A Block Upconverter or BUC is used in both Commercial and Military Markets for transferring data a from a ground-based unit to a satellite and then redirect to another ground-based unit. It makes the BUC an essential device for communication broadcast systems like the Internet, television as well as for weather systems. It is a Read More...
Waveguide Circulators and Isolators Explained
Date posted: December 22, 2018
Waveguide circulators are devices with three ports developed to create isolation between transmitted and received signals. These are commonly used for electronically steered antenna (AESA) arrays, telecommunications applications, and satellite communications etc. A waveguide isolator is a modified circulator having one port terminated with a matched impedance. Both the devices are typically used for preventing Read More...
What Type of Microwave Amplifier Do You Need?
Date posted: September 24, 2018
Microwave Amplifiers are used to amplify microwave signals. They are used in all Microwave Terrestrial Radio links, Satellite Communications and throughout the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing industry. There are four types of Microwave Amplifiers, and you must choose the one according to your needs. Low Noise Amplifiers LNA or Low Noise Amplifiers increases the power Read More...
Look Before Buying a Coaxial Coupler for Home TV Use
Date posted: September 19, 2018
Picture and voice quality in television and the download speed of the internet highly depends on the Coaxial Coupler. So, it becomes necessary to buy a well-performing coupler to get high definition quality picture and sound. The most important thing to look for is to ensure that the connector is compatible with Dish Network, Wi-Fi Read More...
RADITEK INC. Circulator and Isolator Primer
Date posted: August 28, 2018
A circulator is a three port device. It is essentially a passive device, but can exhibit some characteristics that make it almost behave as if it were active. An isolator is a two port device having an input and an output, it is simply a circulator whose third port has been terminated. Circulators and Isolators Read More...
Defining Block Upconverter
Date posted: August 23, 2018
Block Upconverter (BUC) converts a band of frequencies. It is used to convert the frequency from lower to higher. BUC is used in the transmission of satellite signals. BUCs are used to convert L band to Ku band, Ka band, and C band. X and S Bands. Previously Up Converters were used but were less Read More...
Waveguide Rotary Joint – For Better Communication
Date posted: July 9, 2018
Rotary Joint An important part of a radar antenna system is the rotary joint-it is used to connect two different parts of RF waveguide. The rotary joint must be capable of transmitting high, microwave power with a minimum loss. The Rotary Joints can have the following styles of connection between waveguide port and rotational axis: Read More...
Solid State Power Amplifier – Amplification Leading To High Performance
Date posted: July 6, 2018
Raditek SSPA amplifiers use field-effect transistors to supply amplification at frequencies 1MHz to 96GHz. Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) were developed for use in the most sensitive applications, including Satellite Communications (satcom) Airborne, Radars and Terrestrial Communications including HF, VHF, Wi-Fi, microwave and milliwave point to point links Advantages of SSPA • High performance • Read More...
Types of Isolators and Circulators
Date posted: July 5, 2018
RADITEK INC. Circulator and Isolator Primer A circulator is a three port device. It is essentially a passive device, but can exhibit some characteristics that make it almost behave as if it were active. An isolator is a two port device having an input and an output, it is simply a circulator whose third port Read More...
Cavity Diplexers and Their Importance
Date posted: July 3, 2018
Cavity diplexers are three port devices used in Tranceivers (transmitter and receiver) to separate the Transmitter frequency band from the receiver frequency band. They share a common antenna while working simultaneously at different frequencies. A diplexer is basically a high and a low pass filter connected to an antenna. The transmitter part of the diplexer Read More...
Waveguide Components: Importance and Application
Date posted: June 8, 2018
A waveguide is a guided medium to transmit electromagnetic energy from one place to another. They usually operate in dominant mode. Also, they have cut off frequency, unlike two-wire transmission line. They support various modes. Some of the components of waveguide are: • Load – This is responsible for absorbing microwave energy from the system Read More...
The Linearity of a Microwave Amplifier
Date posted: June 6, 2018
What does Linearity of an RF/Microwave amplifier mean? It is one of the essential jobs of the amplifier. It is used to increase the power level of the input signal without having to alter the content of the incoming signal. This term ‘linearity’ is derived from the linear relationship between the input and output power. Read More...
A Brief Insight of Coaxial Couplers
Date posted: June 4, 2018
The RF Directional Coupler is an instrument for measuring or monitoring microwave power consisting of a line section which is inserted in any of the RF-lines. It could be coaxial lines, waveguides, tri-plate lines, wirelines, etc. The line is inserted between a transmitter or generator or amplifier and its load. It allows sampling of microwave Read More...
Power Splitter – Resistive, Reaction, and Wilkinson
Date posted: June 1, 2018
Power splitter, also widely known as Power Divider, is a device that divides a radio frequency microwave input signal into any number of output signals and while doing so, it maintains the characteristic impedance of the input. They are widely used in labs, radar and communication systems and test instrumentation etc. They are categorized broadly Read More...
A Brief Introduction to Coaxial Couplers and Microwave Amplifiers
Date posted: April 6, 2018
Normally sampling the output of an amplifier and providing a monitor port at reduced level, a directional coupler is an electronic element, which has become a virtually crucial measurement tool in microwave practice. Directional couplers come in two main types: such as the one mentioned above which would monitor the forward directional power and the Read More...
The Role of Amplifiers and RF and Band Pass Filters in Advanced Communication
Date posted: April 5, 2018
RF amplifiers and Band pass filters are quite common terms for people working in the field of electronics engineering. The fundamental use of radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers is to generate high power signals from alow power source. On the other side, the Band pass filter is a simple electronic device, which allows frequencies to Read More...
A Quick Inspection of Low noise Block Downconverters and Power Dividers
Date posted: April 3, 2018
Mainly used for satellite downlink reception,an Low Noise Block Downconverters (LNB) is a device that is located at the focal point of a satellite dish antenna. The antennagathers the radio waves from the dish and then transforms them into a signal. The LNB is a mixture of components like a low noise amplifier, LNA a Read More...
Microwave Amplifiers – Exhibiting State of Art Technology
Date posted: February 28, 2018
Majority of Telecom systems, both Satcom and Point to Point Terrestrial Microwave Links use Microwave Amplifiers to transmit signals over long distances. Uses range from gain blocks to high power SSPA’s. Indeed, Microwave technology plays a very important role across different industrial domains. Power handling is a common issue for the users, as they do Read More...
Solid State Amplifiers – Boosting the Signal Transmission Appreciably
Date posted: February 27, 2018
Solid state amplifiers are used in most Telecom Systems. They have many uses in receivers and Transmitters. On the receiver the first stage is typically a low noise amplifier, designed to boost very small signals to a useable level. In Transmitters they are cascaded to increase the small input signal to the required transmit Signal Read More...
Buy the Best Block upconverter and Power Splitters and Combiners from Raditek
Date posted: February 26, 2018
The application of Block upconverter or BUC is on the rise in different industries related to satellite communication and terrestrial telecom. The device boasts of compact design and works on the principle of increasing frequency. It enables the L- Band signals from the Modem to convert into L,S,C, X Ku and Ka Band Here are Read More...
Solid State Power Amplifier – Playing an Eminent Role in Medical, Plasma, Radar and Telecommunication
Date posted: February 15, 2018
The Solid State Power Amplifier SSPA is instrumental in the operation of demanding applications such as medical, plasma, radar and Telecommunication. Raditek amplifiers are available from 1MHz to 90GHz. theysupports L, S, C, X, Ku and Ka Satcom band applications with a 10% band width where they deliver high performance at reliable and cost effective Read More...
How are Wave Guide Components Helpful in Creating Microwave Amplifiers?
Date posted: February 15, 2018
Many Microwave Amplifiers operate on the wave guide principles. The components are used to optimize the device and its functional processes. They play an important role in directing and controlling the transmission signals. They are typically used when coaxial connectors cannot handle the power or when minimal signal loss is critical. For Raditek this is Read More...
Raditek – A Trusted Platform for Telecom Products
Date posted: January 24, 2018
Raditek is one of the leading companies that deal with all kinds of wireless and telecommunication products. It specializes in a vast array of products including amplifiers, Power Splitters and Combiners, oscillators and much more. The customers easily find what they are looking for on Raditek’s comprehensive web site www.raditek.com and that too at the Read More...
Waveguide Components and SSPA – Ensuring Advanced Telecommunication Solutions
Date posted: January 23, 2018
In 2018 the need of the telecommunications as well as the microwave products is on the rise, which focuses us on the need for companies that excel in this area. One such name that has made a difference to this industry is the Raditek. It specializes in all kinds of amplifiers like the SSPA (Solid Read More...
Intensify Your Signal Efficiency with Raditek’s Upscale Microwave Amplifiers covering all bands to 90GHz
Date posted: January 17, 2018
Establishment of powerful signal strength amplifiers is important for the sake of grabbing more customers. Sustainable growth in the network is necessary to match up to the fast moving technological capacity demands. Organizations prefer to strengthen their network connectivity to maintain their leading edge in the global market. It is hence essential that the signal Read More...
Raditek Power Splitter and Combiners– The Advanced Tools to Optimize Your Network Connectivity
Date posted: January 15, 2018
Every organization requires premium signal transferring equipment to maintain it supremacy. Hence, in order to optimize signal performance and sustain signal connectivity Power Splitters and Solid State Power Amplifiers must be the ultimate in performance. You can work effortlessly with the top products available at Raditek, which provides maximum efficiency. Moreover, these smooth functioning tools Read More...
SSPA and Vsat Satcom System– Hosting Your Signal Connectivity with High Reliability
Date posted: November 13, 2017
For accomplishing the requisite goals and to develop a mutual relationship among users, operator smake sure to consider only the best products. By delivering quality products and ensuring long range connectivity, Raditek assists all such operators in maintaining long term relationship with their consumers. High Performance Connectivity with SSPA Solid State Power Amplifiers Raditek uses Read More...
Boost Your Signal Efficiency through SSPA and DAMA Modem
Date posted: November 13, 2017
Raditek has established a vital market in technology and providing great devicesat affordable prices and has gained a massive customer base. Their customers prefer opting for its products to others owing to the great quality, cost and the easy usage they promise, hence making it the most trustworthy Hardware provider in the telecommunication domain. Move Read More...
Improved Connectivity Range through Power Splitters and Combiners and Satcom Modems
Date posted: November 10, 2017
Do you want to have the supreme signal distribution devices plus high rate of adeptness? If yes, then you could fulfill your requirements through the most effective and easy functioning products designed to procure your needs. These products, better termed as splitters and combiners hold an upper hand over others for their high performance and Read More...
Choosing the Best Phase Lock Oscillators and Microwave Amplifiers
Date posted: October 26, 2017
Are you heavily into telecommunication and want to know about the important components to perform well in the competition? If yes, then you are at the right junction. Among all the parts required in the telecommunication field, amplifiers and oscillators play significant roles. Though these are available in variety of types in accordance with the Read More...
Power Amplifiers & Waveguide Components – A Hit in the Telecommunication Industry
Date posted: October 6, 2017
Various appliances are used over the telecommunications and microwave electronic industry for communicating via satellites as well as FM VHF and TV broadcasting and terrestrial Point to Point communication systems, Raditek offers a wide range of Power Amplifiers & Waveguide Components that are used throughout the telecommunication market. Power Amplifiers are used as signal boosters. Read More...
High Performance Telecom Requirements
Date posted: October 5, 2017
It is wise to have the highest performance devices along high efficiency. You can accomplish your requirements by certainuseful products specifically designed for telecommunication purpose.Due to the high performance of these products Global communication has improved significantly. They are widely used worldwide. Tangible Benefits of Phase Lock Oscillator To build efficient communication services Phase Lock Read More...
How Waveguide Components Handle High Power with Little Loss
Date posted: August 31, 2017
Waveguides are an effective way of handling high-frequency signals, typically from to 110GHz. They have very low insertion loss which means they can handle high transmission power and even very low signals. Waveguide couplers are utilized in order to connect multiple units. Flexible waveguides are installed for bridging between non-standard gaps between waveguides. Some of Read More...
Brief Understanding on how Power Splitters and Combiners Work?
Date posted: August 29, 2017
Power Splitters and Combiners are widely used. The splitters split signals in an even manner with minimal reflections and loss. The splitters can consist of numerous ports. These two circuits are combined together to bring out the best result. There are two kinds of power splitters: Resistive Power Splitters: This kind of splitter is able Read More...
Brief Understanding on Block Upconverters BUCs
Date posted: August 28, 2017
Block up converters convert radio signals from lower to a higher frequency. They are used in satellite uplink transmission, Block up convertersfacilitate transferring data from a ground-based unit to an orbiting satellite. BUCs are part of a bridge between two or more ground-based radio Tranceivers that are located a long distance apart. These systems play Read More...
Waveguide Components – Enhancing Communication Quality Appreciably
Date posted: July 10, 2017
Before you go out in search of components that will help to maintain a good telecommunication system, you need to be aware of the things that you need to search. For example, if you want to buy Waveguide Components, then you should know their purpose and benefit. Hence, it is wise to widen your knowledge Read More...
Isolators and Circulators Facilitating Smooth Communication
Date posted: July 6, 2017
• Raditek offers the widest range and best performance Stripline, Microstrip, Coaxial and Waveguide isolators and Circulators in the world with an extremely aggressive pricing structure. Our ferrites are the best anywhere • A circulator is a three port device. It is essentially a passive device; it can however exhibit some characteristics that make it Read More...
Feel the Difference with Splitters and Combiners
Date posted: May 30, 2017
• Power divider and combiners are used in various ways to distribute or combine signal needs. Mostly considered as passive devices, these devices often find their use in the field of radio technology. Active splitters combine the passive splitter with an amplifier to counteract the splitting losstypically resulting in a 0dB loss device. These devices Read More...
Using Microwave Amplifiers to Strengthen Power and Energy
Date posted: May 29, 2017
A microwave amplifier boosts the power signal (output) of a microwave device. It increases the amplitude of the wave, which holds direct relation to its level of power. The amount of intensification provided by an amplifier is the ratio of input to an output voltage or power gain. Amplifiers find their use in all electronic Read More...
The Important Components of Phase Lock Oscillators
Date posted: May 5, 2017
Telecommunication’s increases in complexity and importance It builds communications between people, computers and machines. You can communicate through terrestrial and satellite telecommunication. All the messages, signals, information, writings, images, or other types of things are shared through radio, telephone, cable or other options. The Phase Lock Oscillator (PLO/PLDRO) controls the position in the frequency spectrum Read More...
ISM Band Amplifiers – Serving Several Telecom Purposes
Date posted: May 4, 2017
Amplifiers are used in most telecom equipment. There are different kinds of amplifiers that are used for different purposes. GaAS and GaN are the SSPA amplifiers that provide certain benefits in linearity and efficiency. Important parameters include: Gain, Power output, noise factor and frequency coverage. Benefits ISM Band Amplifiers are designed for scientific, industrial and Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillators for Superior Frequency Stability
Date posted: April 7, 2017
In this technological era, a phase lock loop is an effective technique to provide an accurate and stable Frequency source, which regulates transmitted signals to their designated frequency spectrum Raditek manufactures various phase lock oscillator types covering 300MHz to 41GHz. A High Accuracy TCXO (temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator) or OCXO (Ovenized Crystal Oscillator) generates a Read More...
Low Noise Block DownConverters for Internet access
Date posted: April 5, 2017
In this fast-paced society, what you need is a computer system and a high-speed internet service. Perhaps a wired connection is not possible for various reasons all you need is a satellite connection that may offer a free browsing experience.This type of link is an incredible option for wider reach and better usage, which is Read More...
ISM band Amplifiers are Designed for Industrial, Scientific and Medical Uses
Date posted: March 29, 2017
Amplifiers are used for many telecommunication purposes but there are different types that find their use for other purposes as well. SSPA Amplifiers GaN and GaAs are such types offering advantages in efficiency and linearity. Apart from these, there are many more amplifiers with various other characteristics. As the utility of these devices vary, so Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillator and Satcom Modems – The Two Essential Components of Satcom (Satellite Communication)
Date posted: March 26, 2017
Communication has always been an important tool in the society. It bridges one people with another and helps to reduce the gap between them. Nevertheless, when there is a stretch of distance between the two, then what should you do? Well, you communicate by means of technology called telecommunication. Here, information, message, signals, images, writings Read More...
Salient Features of SSPAs and LNBs
Date posted: February 10, 2017
SSPAs – Solid State Power Amplifiers basic design finds extensive use in telecommunications, radar applications, defense applications in missile warfare and airborne communications. RF (Radio Frequency), SSPAs,are manufactured with cutting edge technology as diverse applications are made possible. These power amplifiers provide high performance is adverse conditions. High Power microwave SSPAs are based on Power Read More...
Moore’s Law Strengthening Performance of PLLs and Bucs
Date posted: February 8, 2017
Electromagnetic waves tend to become weak with distance. Signal frequency requires repeatition to reach long distances the use of phased lock loops in matching the frequencies form an important part of integrated circuits. Typical communication systems constitute particular communication networks and transmission technologies. Data terminal equipments are the bridges that interconnect and allow the system Read More...
A Quick Guide to Phase Locked (Loop) Oscillators (PLO)
Date posted: January 11, 2017
Upconverting is the process of converting the intermediate frequencies to a block of higher frequency signals. The upconverter, for example, uses a Local Oscillators and can be found in Radio telecommunications systems and computers. For highest frequency stability, and best phase noise, a phase locked local oscillators is typically used. A DRO (Dielectric Resonant Oscillator) Read More...
Are LNBs As Important As They Appear To Be?
Date posted: January 6, 2017
In the world of satellite communication, a lot depends on the proper transmission and reception of signal. LNBs are critical to amplify the received satellite signal with minimal noise contribution. Low-Noise Block down Converter A low-noise block down converter comprises of a receive-only amplifier and down converter mounted on the satellite dish. There are many Read More...
Understanding Electromagnetic Spectrum and Their Uses
Date posted: December 12, 2016
Radio frequency (RF) includes any of the electromagnetic wave frequencies from around 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which include frequenciesused for communications or radar signals. Extremely to very low frequency (to 20KHz) are generally sound based and can be heard by most humans. These are the radio spectrums after which are the light spectrum and Read More...
PLO and BUC in Satcom
Date posted: December 9, 2016
Noise is always present in communications. Electronic systems generate some form of unwanted energy as spurious in the radio frequency. This unwanted energy termed as spurious signals (which can be harmonically related to the wanted signal, or not) and seen as spikes in a spectrum analyser can cause performance degradation withall data streams,including digital signal Read More...
Band Pass Filters and Diplexers – Meeting the Industry’s Filtering Needs
Date posted: November 4, 2016
Being passive, filters and diplexer’s main challenges are improved performance over ever more difficult environmental specs and tighter frequency plans; needed better roll offs, for improving spectral efficiency. What are BP Filters and Diplexers? The band pass filters and diplexers encompass a variety of specifications. This leaves the designers to minimize the level of mutual Read More...
SSPA Solid State Power Amplifiers – The Growing Importance and Acceptance
Date posted: November 2, 2016
Highly power RF requirements are growing as new areas of usage in a diversity of applications ranging from microwave ovens to particle accelerators and from self-cauterizing scalpels for surgery to very high power TWTA replacement amplifiers for satellite and terrestrial communications. With VED (Vacuum Electronic Devices) historically being the highest level of RF and microwave Read More...
SSPA Solid State Power Amplifier: Emerging Technology in Communication Devices
Date posted: October 27, 2016
1. RF/microwave power Amplifiers are used in wireless communications, and also in applications such as jamming, imaging and RF heating. 2. Each application has its own unique requirements for power, frequency, bandwidth, load, efficiency, linearity, and cost. 3. RF power is generated by a wide variety of techniques and devices. 4. An SSPA (Solid Read More...
Designing DRO (Dielectric Resonant Oscillators ) and PLOs (Phase Lock Oscillators)
Date posted: October 25, 2016
RADITEK offers free running Dielectric Resonant Oscillators (DRO) as well as Phase Locked (PLO or PLDRO) and synthesized oscillators (RSPLO). In the PLO circuit design stage, we often need to characterize the designed PLL response in the linear operating region as well as the non-liner operating region. The Phase Locked loop (PLL) works in the Read More...
An Insight into the Functioning of SSPA Solid State Power Amplifier
Date posted: September 7, 2016
A radio frequency power amplifier (RF power amplifier) is a type of electronic amplifier that converts a low-power radio-frequency signal into a higher power signal. Typically, RF power amplifiers drive the antenna of a transmitter. Design goals often include gain, power output, bandwidth, power efficiency, linearity (low signal compression at rated output), input and output Read More...
Diplexers
Date posted: September 5, 2016
A Diplexer separates two different frequency bands in the receive path and combines them in the transmit path. These frequency bands usually will be wide apart in frequency domain for diplexer to work satisfactorily. It is often referred as a RF power combiner/divider with added functionality of filtering. Broadband Filters are used to pass appropriate Read More...
An overview of Low Noise Block Down Converter
Date posted: August 9, 2016
Low Noise Block Downconverter Have you ever wondered what is an LNB and what is an LNB LO frequency? The abbreviation LNB stands for “Low Noise Block doawnconverter”. It is the device on the front of a satellite dish that receives the very low level microwave signal from the satellite, amplifies it, changes the signal Read More...
Phase Lock Dielectric Resonator Oscillator (PLDRO/DRO)
Date posted: August 4, 2016
A Frequency source for Satellite Communications, for example. A dielectric resonator is a piece of dielectric (nonconductive) material, usually ceramic, that is designed to function as a resonator for radio waves, generally in the microwave and millimeter wave bands. The microwaves are confined inside the resonator material by the abrupt change in permittivity at the Read More...
Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA)
Date posted: July 18, 2016
The SSPA finds its use in assorted applications including airborne, radar, missile, and communications. Moreover, these diverse equipment’s work together to meet the need for today’s cutting-edge technology for designing the SSPA. The high performance, cost effectiveness and reliability of the Raditek SSPA range covering 100KHz to 100GHz. Our SSPA designs utilize Gallium Arsenide andGallium Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillators– Vital Part of Communication Systems
Date posted: July 15, 2016
When the output signal of oscillators is in a locked phase with reference signal, the resulting system acquires the form of a Phase Locked Oscillator (PLO). These PLO provide a stabilized frequency in communication channels. These components act as signal modems and reconstruct or generate signal with low noise by multiplication of signal. Some oscillators Read More...
Raditek Solid State Power Amplifier – Providing Amplification at its best
Date posted: July 14, 2016
The abbreviation SSPA unfolds as Solid State Power Amplifier, which uses field-effect transistors in order to provide necessary amplification at Gigahertz frequencies. They also utilize Gallium Nitride and Gallium Arsenide devices for High Power amplification. The amplifier comprises two broad categories depending on power: • Low power driver section • High power output stages The Read More...
Raditek Amplifiers for the ISM Bands
Date posted: July 7, 2016
The industrial, scientific, and medical radio band refers to a group of radio bands or parts of the radio spectrum that are internationally reserved for the use of radio frequency (RF) energy intended for scientific, medical and industrial requirements rather than for communications. Uses include Defense, space, electronic warfare, navigation and radar systems. Medium power Read More...
Low Noise Block Downconverter – A Feasible Component for Receiving Satellite Signal
Date posted: July 4, 2016
Telecom systems have usage and prominence in almost every industry to establish a wide and high reliability uninterrupted network of communication. Wide ranges of VSAT (very small aperture terminal) network equipment are responsible for serving the distinctive need of satellite communication for users both at business and home. A part of these systems are low Read More...
Phase Lock Oscillator
Date posted: July 1, 2016
A phase lock oscillator usually abbreviated as PLO is a feedback control circuit. The output signal of this oscillator is phaselocked to a reference signalMostlya crystal oscillator is the reference frequency. A PLO is comprised of three fundamental blocks- Phase Detector Loop Filter Voltage Control Oscillator Phase Lock Oscillators are available as: PLXO – 10 Read More...
Raditek Circulator
Date posted: July 1, 2016
We offer the widest range and best performance Stripline, Microstrip, Lumped element Coaxial and Waveguide circulators in the world, extremely aggressive pricing structure. Our ferrites are the best anywhere From mille Watts to Kilo Watts, standard and special custom models, even including cryogenic models.working down to -272.5oC. Still the best specifications and the lowest prices Read More...
An Overview of Low Noise Block Downconverters for TVRO
Date posted: June 30, 2016
A low-noise block downconverter, normally called a low-noise block (LNB) is a central component of a satellite dish. The essential function of this convertor is to translate incoming signals from a satellite to a picture to visualize on TV. The LNB is fitted on the end of the arm on a dish antenna and gets Read More...
Satcom modem –The Heart of a Satcom System
Date posted: March 22, 2016
Almost every industry makes use of advanced technology telecom systems to ensure effective communication with people all over the world. One of the most effective and reliable communication sources is Satcom that offers convenient internet access to users across different sectors. It finds its extensive usage in providing effective television delivery, telecommunication purpose, and military Read More...
Understanding the Difference between Low Power Indoor Block Up Converter (BUCs) and High Power Outdoor BUCs Mounted on the Transmitting Antenna
Date posted: March 22, 2016
When it comes to broadband connections for government, commercial, military, or infrastructural industry, the major technological advancements that come top include block up converter (BUC). With their distinctive functions and roles to play. Block up converters (BUC) are used extensively in those military and commercial satellite systems that deploy transponders of C, Ku and Ka-band Read More...
Technical Aspects of Phase Lock Oscillator
Date posted: March 22, 2016
A Phase Lock Oscillator is a high accuracy frequency signal source that gets its stability by being phase locked to a harmonic of a precision lower frequency reference. The lower frequency reference has to be very accurate and very stable, with accuracy measured in ppm (parts per million) and stability measured in short term temperature Read More...
Know More about DAMA & UHF SATCOM DAMA Principles
Date posted: March 17, 2016
DAMA (Demand Assigned Multiple Access) is a communication channel access technology that offers easy and proactive sharing of channel(s) among various users and networks. Technically, there could be thousands of satellite stationsin a given satellite network coverage area. DAMA, channels can be shared with or assigned to different users, as demanded by them.This is how Read More...
Features & Specifications of Raditek’s Block Upconverters BUC
Date posted: March 16, 2016
Block Up converters are used for up linking satellite signals. As the name suggests it converts the frequencies of lower bands to upper bands. The modern BUCs use phase-locked loop local oscillators, and they require a 10 MHz frequency external reference to maintain the accuracy of the frequency transmission. The BUC can convert the frequencies Read More...
Bandwidth Sharing with Dama Technology
Date posted: March 16, 2016
In the last 10-15 years traffic on Satcom Networks has ex-grown exponentially. Data services (Internet) are the major user of bandwidth followed by voice. Bandwidth is a scarce resource as it is limited by the Satellite capacity. The sharing of bandwidth is a primary focus area by network and communication provider. DAMA Defined DAMA (Demand Read More...
Synopsis of Various Satcom Systems Offered by Raditek
Date posted: January 17, 2016
With the newer high Capacity Satellites the use and importance of satellite communication has grown to transport Digital information including radio and television signals, phone and high speed internet data. The devices used for accomplishing satellite communications have developed adding Ka band and High capacity satcom modems. Check out the following subsections that attempt to Read More...
Traits of a High Frequency Solid State Power Amplifier
Date posted: January 17, 2016
HF power amplifiers are designed to cover the HF Band 1.6 to 30 MHz used for worldwide short wave communications, They work with signals from an exciter of HR band Radio and amplify the CW or modulated transmit signals to ensure essential communications. Our High Power Amplifiers are a family of highly efficient, linear Class Read More...