TRAK offers an SMT S-Band Circulator for radar applications operating over the 2.9 to 3.4 GHz band. The circulator is suitable for pick & place with solder reflow assembly. The SMT S-Band Circulator which has a 12.7 X 12.7 mm footprint and a low, 5.1mm profile will handle 200W CW. Parameter Value Measure Operating Frequency 2.9…
TRAK Products Launched Aboard EUTELSAT 9B
The Airbus manufactured EUTELSAT 9B satellite was successfully launched into geosynchronous transfer orbit on 29th January and will, after further manoeuvres and in-orbit tests, assume broadcasting over 350 TV channels via its 50 physical transponders to serve the Nordic countries through Central Europe to the Ukraine and as far south as Greece. In addition to…
X-Band Coaxial Isolators
X-Band Coaxial Isolators formed the bulk of the recent delivery of flight model devices destined for use aboard a large space based Radar program. The X-Band Coaxial Isolators operate beyond the normal 8.0-12.0 GHz range making these amongst the broadest fractional bandwidth, solid body X-Band Coaxial Isolators TRAK has delivered to date and marks the completion of first of several scheduled…
SMT C-Band Circulator
TRAK offers a low profile SMT C-Band Circulator for radar applications operating over the 5.2 to 5.9 GHz band. The Circulator, suitable for pick & place with solder re-flow assembly, is optimized to have a low magnetic signature in a compact ½” housing. The core design, featuring a low profile of 5.1mm, is qualified to handle 50W…
Broadband Performance Improved
Improved Broadband Electrical Performance for Isolators & Circulators. TRAK has re-designed it families of high fractional bandwidth coaxial isolators and circulators using solid gasket grounding technology. Originally developed for space applications, the recently patented internal structure enables generally improved electrical performance especially in the broader, higher frequency devices. The following table compares previous performances offered with…
K-Band IMUX Isolators
TRAK supplies a large number of K-Band IMUX isolators and circulators for space applications. Many of them are featured here. The image above illustrates the TRAK WR51 low loss waveguide circulator. This is used to form the iMUX manifold structure assembly along with the Companies’ solid coaxial K-band isolators used to buffer and isolate each…
L-Band SSPA Circulator
TRAK presents its latest high power, space qualified, L-Band SSPA Circulator designed for Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA) use. The device operates at an equivalent 120W CW with electrical specifications dependent on operating bandwidth. The device illustrated below has a tabbed input port and solid TNC female output port and is configured supplied as a…
50W CW, WR28 Junction Circulator
TRAK has delivered a low loss WR28 Junction Circulator (TRAK part number 22CD3101) designed to operate at 50W CW between 33-35 GHz. The first batch of circulators were delivered to a US customer last month. TRAK received positive feedback regarding the performance at high power when integrated into the system. This is the latest in the…
Diamond RF© Enabling Superior Performance
TRAK has supplied it’s 4000th flight model isolator termination using EMC Technology’s Diamond RF© chip 50Ohm low capacitance terminations. Over the past 12 months Diamond terminations have been supplied in space qualified isolators handling 100W at C-Band to 10W at X-Band – the latter having been supplied in large quantities for a space based earth observation system….
Coaxial Isolators and Circulators
TRAK has released a brochure detailing the high and low power coaxial isolators and circulators it designs and manufactures. Since the first flight model was delivered to a satellite manufacturer in 1993, TRAK Microwave Limited has delivered over 140,000 flight models to 30 customers based in 15 countries. Over the past 2 decades TRAK’s ferrite…