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Anatech Electronics Newsletter - August 2011
  Issue: August 2011 | ||
IN THE NEWS...
1. Who graciously switched to number 77 so Phil Esposito's number 7 could be retired in Boston Garden? | A Message from Sam Benzacar It should really be no surprise to anyone that defense system manufacturers are attempting to remove as much analog (read: microwave) content in the receive chain as they can between the antenna and the point at which the signal is downconverted to baseband. Testament to this fact are the comments from a large number of manufacturers quoted in the July issue of the Journal of Electronic Defense. There are enormous advantages to working with a signal in the digital domain: extraordinary amounts of signal processing can be performed in near real-time, the systems themselves can be smaller, and the tweaky nature of analog components can be dispensed with, to name a few. While this is an enviable goal, and one that is all but a necessity considering the complexity and increasing density of threats, the fact remains that with the current state of the art in analog to digital converters, only a single stage of those analog components can actually be eliminated. That's because it's currently possible to sample only at an input frequency of about 2 GHz. Above that frequency, the traditional mixing stages, low noise amplifiers, and filters that form downconversion schemes are still required and are likely to be for a very long time. Converters, unlike microprocessors, don't follow Moore's Law and massive enhancements are years in coming. On the transmit side, the picture is even brighter for microwave manufacturers because high-power components cannot be replicated by digital techniques, and until someone figures out how to generate RF power with a digital device, RF power transmission will remain firmly in the microwave camp. The signal may be digital but the devices that transmit it will continue to be analog. As interference to defense systems is on the increase, the need for filters is also virtually assured. More and more frequently, we receive requests to mitigate interference issues in systems installed in the field. This can result from the fact that interference issues were not correctly addressed when a system was installed or new interference has popped up since then. For more than 20 years, we've been solving problems like these with high-performance filters that have extremely high rejection, high power handling ability, and exceptional ruggedness. So if you're facing this challenge, please reach out to us at (973) 772-4242, or by e-mail at sales@anatechelectronics.com. |
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About Anatech Electronics;
Anatech Electronics, Inc. (AEI) specializes in the design and manufacture of standard and custom RF and microwave filters and other passive components and subsystems employed in commercial, industrial, and aerospace and applications. Products are available from an operating frequency range of 10 kHz to 30 GHz and include cavity, ceramic, crystal, LC, and surface acoustic wave (SAW), as well as power combiners/dividers, duplexers and diplexers, directional couplers, terminations, attenuators, circulators, EMI filters, and lightning arrestors. The company’s custom products and capabilities are available at www.anatechelectronics.com and standard products are available for purchase at the Anatech Electronics Web store, AMCrf.com.
Anatech Electronics, Inc.
70 Outwater Lane
Garfield, NJ 07026
(201) 772-4242
sales@anatechelectronics.com
Posted 8/24/2011
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