WR12 E-band isolator Waveguide handles high forward and reflected RF power
Date: 21/08/2023
Smiths Interconnect has made available of its newly designed E- band WR12 waveguide passive coupler, loads and isolators for next generation E-Band terrestrial uplinks to LEO satellite constellations and payloads.
Smiths Interconnect' family of products are optimised to manage the particularly high RF powers required to sustain a robust communications link.
Tullio Panarello, VP and General Manager of the Fibre Optics and RF Components Business Unit at Smiths Interconnect, said: “Smiths Interconnect’s proven expertise in waveguide passive component design has resulted in a product series ideal for high reliability applications such as those for prestigious space missions With a full in-house design, manufacturing, and testing capability, we work with our customers to ensure that our products meet a specific set of requirements and are rigorously tested and qualified.”
Smiths Interconnect’s E-band WR12 waveguide hybrids offer the following features:
Tuneless and broadband, suitable for global applications.
Suitable for signal splitting and combining applications and readily configurable with a selection of high-power termination appropriate to the incident power.
Operating over the allocated band (71-76 and 81-86 GHz.)
Temperature stable under exacting thermal loads.
Clear chromate conversion coated.
Smiths Interconnect’s WR12 E-band isolator utilises a novel design approach selected to be able to handle high levels of forward and reflected RF power and offers:
Excellent isolation across the 71-76 and 81-86 GHz bands.
Temperature stable under exacting thermal loads.
Clear chromate conversion coated.
