NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Austin, TX, United States, 2013/02/26 - SignalCore has released a matching pair of RF up and downconverters with frequency range of 1 MHz to 3.9 GHz. Available in three form factors - USB, PXI Express, a core module with the SPI/USB/RS-232 communication interface.

SignalCore has released a matching pair of RF up and downconverters with frequency range of 1 MHz to 3.9 GHz. These high performance multi-staged converters are available in three form factors - USB, PXI Express, and a core module with the SPI/USB/RS-232 communication interface. Our up and downconverters exhibit very low phase noise, and have very wide dynamic range, ranking it among the best in the industry for precise frequency translation. SignalCore’s superheterodyne topology utilizes three LO stages, which maintains excellent reproduction of RF signal inputs with superior image rejection.

Our ruggedized, USB-controlled SC5304A RF downconverter and SC5404A RF upconverter come in a compact 1U form factor that is convenient for benchtop use, or can be rack-mounted with one of SignalCore’s standard mounting kits.

To satisfy the growing market for PXI modular instrumentation, the SC5305A RF downconverter and SC5405A RF upconverter are high performance and cost-effective choices for any PXI-based application requiring low noise and low phase noise frequency translation.

The SC5306A and SC5406A core modules are designed to meet the increased demand from OEM applications and system integrators. SignalCore offers outstanding price-to-performance ratio modules that provide the high performance core technology behind each customized system. Each of these modules can be configured to standard communication interfaces and power requirements, and all come with full Windows, LabVIEW, and C/C++ support, making the task of building customized systems easier for our customers.

Key Features:
1 MHz to 3.9 GHz RF Downconverter
• Low residual phase noise better than -107 dBc/Hz
[.] 10 kHz offset, -142 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz offset, measured on 1 GHz carrier
• 20 MHz signal bandwidth, 1 Hz tuning resolution (exact frequency)
• Measurement sensitivity -164 dBm/Hz
• Residual spurs < -100 dBm
• 3rd order intermodulation 80 dBc @ -20 dBm mixer level
• Image rejection > 100 dB
• LO leakage < -120 dBm
• Internal preamplifier

1 MHz to 3.9 GHz RF Upconverter
• Low residual phase noise better than -107 dBc/Hz
[.] 10 kHz offset, -141 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz offset, measured on 1 GHz carrier
• 20 MHz signal bandwidth, 1 Hz tuning resolution
• Output noise density -148 dBm/Hz @ 0 dBm output level
• < -110 dBm to 16 dBm output levels with 0 dBm at input level
• Output spurious signals <-75 dBc typical
• 3rd order intermodulation <70 dBc @ 0 dBm output level
• LO leakage < -100 dBc @ 0 dBm output level
• Internal sine-tone generator

About SignalCore

SignalCore (signalcore.com) designs and manufactures high performance, innovative, and cost effective electronic radio frequency (RF) and microwave instrumentation and systems. We serve customers worldwide in research and development laboratories, universities, and both the private and public sector industries of telecommunications, broadcasting, aerospace, defense, and electronics manufacturing. Our fundamental philosophy is to produce products that are highly linear and low in noise, and our strong engineering knowledge of low noise design, particularly low phase noise design, ensures that products we produce have noise levels that are among the lowest, if not the lowest, in the industry.

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