Mouser Electronics, Inc. is distributing Analog Devices' ADMV10x upconverters. Part of ADI's latest series of upconverters/downconverters, these monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) are fabricated with gallium arsenide (GaAs) and offer designers a high-performance, high-quality product in a small, convenient package for a variety of audio and video data transmission applications.The Analog Devices ADMV10x converters, now available from Mouser Electronics, use an I/Q mixer topology to reduce the need for unwanted sideband filtering. The series consists of the ADMV1009, ADMV1010, ADMV1011, and ADMV1012. The ADMV1009 is a single-sideband (SSB) I/Q upconverter optimized for point-to-point microwave radio designs operating in the 12.7 GHz to 15.4 GHz frequency range. The device provides 21 dB of conversion gain with 20 dB of image rejection, and its upconversion requires only a 180-degree balun to select the required sideband.
The comparable SSB I/Q downconverter to the ADMV1009 is the ADMV1010, which is optimized for the 12.6 GHz to 15.4 GHz frequency range. Unlike the ADMV1009, this device provides 15 dB of conversion gain with 25 dB of image rejection, and its downconversion requires a 90-degree hybrid to select the required sideband. Both the ADMV1009 and ADMV1010 serve as a much smaller alternative to hybrid-type SSB upconverter and downconverter assemblies, respectively.
The ADMV1011 upconverter offers the same conversion gain and image rejection as the ADMV1009, but operates over a higher frequency range of 17 to 24 GHz. The ADMV1011 is also fully integrated, requiring only a single 90-degree hybrid switch to select the desired sideband. The downconverter equivalent to the ADMV1011 is the ADMV1012, which operates in the 17.5 GHz to 24 GHz input frequency range and provides 15 dB of conversion gain, 25 dB of image rejection, and 2.5 dB of noise. Both the ADMV1011 and ADMV1012 serve as a much smaller alternative to hybrid-type DSB assemblies, each eliminating the need for wire splicing by allowing the use of surface-mount manufacturing assemblies.
Analog Devices' ADMV10x series of converters is now available from Mouser Electronics in a compact, thermally enhanced 4.9 mm × 4.9 mm LCC package. These devices are ideal for RF applications such as satellite communications, radar, electronic warfare systems, and point-to-point radios.
