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Power Supplies: Custom vs. COTS

When system design engineers source low and high voltage power supplies for military or commercial applications, they have to choose between commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products or custom units.

Even experienced engineers may believe some common myths, especially about the cost of each option (in terms of both initial price and total cost of ownership). This article from dB Control Senior Design Engineer Robert Richardson clears up those myths – and offers insight on delivery timelines, ease of integration and performance.

Read the article: "Power Supply Optimization: Custom vs. COTS"

Custom Components and Subsystems

Do your defense systems require PIN diode switches, PIN attenuators, PIN limiters, switch matrices or integrated subsystems? Our line of specialized RF/microwave components and integrated microwave subsystems is ready for your complex electronics applications. Here’s a quick overview of two of the most requested products in this line:

RF Switch Matrices:

> Ultra-broadband, low insertion loss

> High density by vertical stacking

> Amplitude and phase matching

> High isolation (maintained)

> Fast switching

> Low transients

Applications: high-power signal routing, signal conditioning for attenuators, filters or gain blocks

Detector Log Video Amplifiers:

> Broadband

> Proven linearity

> High dynamic range

> Drift controlled over temperature

Applications: broadband test and measurement, direction-finding receivers, electronic intelligence (ELINT), electronic warfare (EW), instantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) receivers and radars

Email us today to access product specs and info

Try This Alternative to Synthesizers

To prove whether an electronic warfare (EW) system is ready to perform reliably in the field, EW system engineers often use synthesizers. But there’s a catch. While synthesizers may achieve fast signaling times, they can’t be easily modulated in FM. This results in lower bandwidth and spurious signals (spurs). The good news? A better alternative exists: the Integrated Stabilized RF Source (ISRFS). dB Control offers two of them:

dB-9003 – 8 to 12 GHz, I-band frequency range
dB-9005 – 30 to 36 GHz, Ka-band frequency range

Read the blog: "Alternative to Synthesizers: Integrated Stabilized RF Sources"

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