Holzworth's New High-Performance, Multi-Channel RF Synthesizers Offer User-Defined Configuration

Holzworth Instrumentation has unveiled the HS9000 Series Multi-Channel RF Synthesizers, a unique platform that allows the user to specify the configuration of COTS (commercial off the shelf) modules to be loaded into the product. Users can select anywhere from one to eight independent channels (per 1U chassis) with any combination of frequency ranges that span from 250 kHz to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6.7 GHz. The result is a high-performance RF synthesizer that is tailored to your specific application.

"Our customers are getting user-defined configurations that are factory built to meet their specific requirements," noted Joe Koebel, VP of Business Development at Holzworth. "The HS9000 Series is not truly custom because we use COTS modules as building blocks. This keeps both delivery times and costs down, with reliability that is way up."

There are no power dividers – each RF output is driven by a separate, internally loaded RF synthesizer module. Even when fully loaded with 8 channels, the HS9000 Series is very efficient with an average power consumption of less than 6 watts per channel. In addition, the power output calibration is extremely accurate – even at -70dBm the user still sees an accuracy ±0.25 dB.

The HS9000 Series integrates Holzworth's agile HSM Series Synthesizer Modules and is mechanically designed to achieve optimal channel-to-channel stability via a conductively cooled, fanless enclosure. Holzworth synthesizers come standard with channel-dedicated thermal monitor outputs to track relative channel temperatures for those applications where stability is the tallest order.

Holzworth's synthesizers are built on a proprietary non-PLL based, digital-analog synthesis architecture. Coupling the proprietary architecture with a centralized reference distribution subsystem enables a truly phase coherent relationship across all integrated channels. This design aspect also creates the industry-leading channel-to-channel stability for which Holzworth is known.

Common applications include SATCOM, radar LOs (local oscillators), system clocks, receiver sensitivity testing, signal jamming, and IMD (intermodulation distortion) testing. For more information, visit www.HOLZWORTH.com.

SOURCE: Holzworth Instrumentation