Pasternack introduces a brand new rackmount variable gain RF amplifier with performance from 100MHz to 18GHz. This 19" rack mounted RF amplifier is designed for lab use and various test and measurement applications. Normally this type of test equipment commands long lead-times for delivery often exceeding several months; however, Pasternack has made this product available from stock for immediate shipment.

Pasternack expands its waveguide product portfolio with the addition of flexible waveguides that operate up to 40GHz over nine frequency bands. This offering consists of 36 unique models of flexible waveguide twists ranging in size from WR-137 (as low as 5.85 GHz) to WR-28 (up to 40 GHz).

Pasternack adds new millimeter wave (mm-wave) waveguide frequency mixers available in six down-conversion and six up-conversion models that cover full Ka, Q, U, V, E, and W bands. Designs utilise high performance GaAs Schottky Barrier Beam Lead Diodes in balanced configurations that require a +13 dBm LO drive and display low levels of conversion loss.

A new series of 8-bit digital phase shifters have been launched by Pasternack which are programmable over a full 360° range and can produce a discrete set of phase states of up to 255 total steps with 1.4° increments with high accuracy and minimal phase shift error.

Pasternack releases of a line of ruggedised phase stable VNA test cables operating up to 40GHz depending on the series. These VNA test cables are specially designed to withstand the rigors of test lab use and production testing for 50Ω communications systems.

Expanding the company’s portfolio of waveguide adapters, Pasternack has released new lines of in-stock 1.85, 2.4 and 2.92mm waveguide to coax adapters operating up to 65GHz. These waveguide adapters are designed for applications such as SATCOM, wireless communications, industrial, test and measurement and defence systems where there is a requirement to transition from coax to waveguide or vice versa.

Pasternack Enterprises has just launched its latest mobile website which marries powerful parametric search capabilities with a sleek, simplified and user-friendly interface that is specifically intended for smart phones and tablets. Most noticeable to a mobile device user is the sites streamlined, stripped down look and feel of the latest homepage.

Pasternack has announces the release of affordable coaxial-packaged RF amplifiers. Both low noise and gain block amplifiers are offered and display excellent performance covering wide octave frequency bands from 9KHz to 3GHz. All of these amplifiers provide an outstanding value and are all priced less than $500.00 for a single unit.

A line of coaxial threshold detectors designed for microwave and millimeter wave applications from 2 to 40GHz has been released by Pasternack. These threshold detectors are commonly used for analysing radar performance, leveling pulsed signal sources, AM noise measurements, system monitoring and pulsed RF measurements in ultra-broadband applications.

Pasternack announces their expanded offering of GaN coaxial power amplifiers. GaN has emerged as the technology of choice in power amplifier designs. The high power density of GaN semiconductor technology dissipates heat more effectively, which results in amplifier designs that have significantly higher output power levels over broadband and narrowband frequencies.

Designed for sending and receiving radio signals, Pasternack has introduced a line of bi-directional amplifiers. They are designed for use in applications such as UAVs, unmanned ground vehicles, L and S band radar, military radio, commercial air traffic control, weather and earth observation, satellites and high gain driver power amplifiers.

Designed for RF, microwave and millimeter wave applications, Pasternack has announced a large portfolio of in-stock general purpose multi-market coaxial packaged electromechanical switches. Consisting of 134 connectorised designs that are guaranteed for 1m life cycles, these RF relay switches are available in a variety of different connector options including SMA, N Type, TNC and 2.92mm.

Operating up to 110GHz, Pasternack has introduced a family of in-stock continuously variable MMW (MilliMeter Wave) waveguide attenuators. The attenuators are designed for use in the aerospace, defence, industrial, telecomms, instrumentation and medical industries for applications such as high efficiency RF/microwave transmissions, test benches, SATCOM, MILCOM and radar testing.

Expanding its portfolio of general purpose VNA calibration kits, Pasternack has announced 50 and 75Ω versions. The kits offer excellent performance characteristics designed for the fine-tuning and calibration of sensitive test equipment in engineering labs, production environments and quality testing facilities.

A collection of high performance zero biased waveguide detectors that exhibit optimum performance in Ka, Q, U, V, E and W frequency bands have been introduced by Pasternack. These waveguide detectors are widely deployed in various aerospace, defence and commercial wireless applications used in instrumentation, power detection, power monitoring, direct detection receivers, high frequency communications, radar, satcomms, point-to-point radio, telec...

Pasternack unveils its latest family of instrumentation grade directional waveguide couplers boasting accurate performance up to 110GHz. These ultra-high frequency waveguide couplers are commonly used for signal sampling and other general purpose applications in wireless transmit/receive systems, test benches, satcomms, radar systems, point-to-point backhaul and telecomms.

Covering UHF, VHF, L, S and C frequency bands, Pasternack has announced a portfolio of solid state, high power, coaxial packaged RF amplifiers. The devices are designed for use in applications such as electronic warfare, instrumentation, military communications, radar, SATCOM, telecomms, data links and medical devices.

Pasternack Enterprises has released their latest engineering resource called the Cable Assembly Designer, which allows the user to design and customise RF cable assemblies with an easy-to-use online web application on Pasternack's website.

A line of broadband log video amplifiers, covering multi-octave bandwidths from 0.5 to 18GHz, has been released by Pasternack. The line includes four successive detection log video amplifiers and one detector log video amplifier, which offer a wide input dynamic range, high signal sensitivity, fast recovery times and outstanding temperature stability. 

Portable bench top RF amplifiers that cover multi-octave bandwidths between 1GHz and 40GHz have been introduced by Pasternack. Designed to meet MIL-STD-202F environmental test conditions for humidity, shock, vibration, altitude and temperature cycle, the amplifiers are suitable for use inside high traffic test labs in industries such as aerospace, defence, optical, industrial, telecomms and R&D.