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This series is typically used for frequencies from DC to 40 GHz. We use microwave relays, splitters, programmable attenuators and many other microwave components from the worlds most popular vendors to build standard or custom systems to your specifications. There are a large variety of 1×2 through 1×12 microwave relays available in Normally Open, Failsafe, Latching, Terminated or special configurations to suit your needs. Or simply buy the driver chassis and use it to control your own components. Since Cytec doesn”t build microwave components we can put the systems together with whatever parts you prefer and stand behind the warranty for you.
These Chassis controls up to 2 8×1 modules, 4 4×1 modules or mixtures of 8×1″s, 4×1″s, 2×1″s and 2×2 modules in any combination or configuration for up to 16 relay drives. LEDs on the front panel show switch and power status. Add Switch Modules and a Control Module to complete the system or simply buy the chassis wired out to D connectors to control your own relays. A pushbutton manual control is optional.
Dimensions:
19″ Rack Mount (483 mm)
15″ deep (381 mm)
3.5″ to 7″ (2 to 4 RU) high (90 to 180 mm) Depending on what relays you want to install.
Weight: 15 to 25 lbs (7 to 11 Kg) max
AC Power : 50 to 150 Watts max. 110/220 selectable.
Externally Panel Mounted relays can be swapped without taking chassis out of rack.
DC to 40 GHz 50 ohm systems
1×2, 2×2, 1×3 to 1×12 microwave relays.
SMA, 2.92 mm, N, TNC or other connectors
LAN, GPIB, USB, RS232 or Manual Control
100″s of relay choices from almost any vendor.
Custom systems and configurations
Driver chassis wired to D connectors with +5 to +28 volt drives. Sink or source.
These Chassis controls up to 4 8×1 modules, 8 4×1 modules or mixtures of 8×1″s, 4×1″s, 2×1″s and 2×2 modules in any combination or configuration for up to 32 relay drives. LEDs on the front panel show switch and power status. Add Switch Modules and a Control Module to complete the system or simply buy the chassis wired out to D connectors to control your own relays. A pushbutton manual control is optional.
Dimensions:
19″ Rack Mount (483 mm)
15″ deep (381 mm)
3.5″ to 7″ (2 to 4 RU) high (90 to 180 mm) Depending on what relays you want to install.
Weight: 15 to 25 lbs (7 to 11 Kg) max
AC Power : 50 to 150 Watts max. 110/220 selectable.
Externally Panel Mounted relays can be swapped without taking chassis out of rack.
DC to 40 GHz 50 ohm systems
1×2, 2×2, 1×3 to 1×12 microwave relays.
SMA, 2.92 mm, N, TNC or other connectors
LAN, GPIB, USB, RS232 or Manual Control
100″s of relay choices from almost any vendor.
Custom systems and configurations
Driver chassis wired to D connectors with +5 to +28 volt drives. Sink or source.
These Chassis controls up to 8 8×1 modules, 16 4×1 modules or mixtures of 8×1’s, 4×1’s, 2×1’s and 2×2 modules in any combination or configuration for up to 64 relay drives. LEDs on the front panel show switch and power status. Add Switch Modules, display / driver modules and a Control Module to complete the system or simply buy the chassis wired out to D connectors to control your own relays. A manual control is optional.
Dimensions:
19″ Rack Mount (483 mm)
15″ deep (381 mm)
5.25″ to 7″ (3 to 4 RU) high (135 to 180 mm) Depending on what relays you want to install.
Weight: 15 to 30 lbs (7 to 13 Kg) max
AC Power : 50 to 150 Watts max. 110/220 selectable.
Externally Panel Mounted relays can be swapped without taking chassis out of rack.
DC to 40 GHz 50 ohm systems
1×2, 2×2, 1×3 to 1×12 microwave relays.
SMA, 2.92 mm, N, TNC or other connectors
LAN, GPIB, USB, RS232 or Manual Control
100″s of relay choices from almost any vendor.
Custom systems and configurations
Driver chassis wired to D connectors with +5 to +28 volt drives. Sink or source.
These Chassis controls up to 16 8×1 modules, 32 4×1 modules or mixtures of 8×1’s, 4×1’s, 2×1’s and 2×2 modules in any combination or configuration for up to 128 relay drives. LEDs on the front panel show switch and power status. Add Switch Modules, display / driver modules and a Control Module to complete the system or simply buy the chassis wired out to D connectors to control your own relays. A manual control is optional. Chassis is available with sink or source relay drivers from + 5 to + 28 volts, ot TTL drivers for programmable attenuators. Firmware commands for Fade and Handover for WiFi, Cell Phone and WiMax labs. Fully custom systems built with little to no NRE.
Dimensions:
19″ Rack Mount (483 mm)
15″ deep (381 mm)
7″ to 10.5″ (4 to 6 RU) high (180 to 270 mm) Depending on what relays you want to install.
Weight: 15 to 35 lbs (7 to 15 Kg) max
AC Power : 50 to 200 Watts max. 110/220 selectable.
Externally Panel Mounted relays can be swapped without taking chassis out of rack.
DC to 40 GHz 50 ohm systems
1×2, 2×2, 1×3 to 1×12 microwave relays.
SMA, 2.92 mm, N, TNC or other connectors
LAN, GPIB, USB, RS232 or Manual Control
100″s of relay choices from almost any vendor.
Custom systems and configurations
Driver chassis wired to D connectors with +5 to +28 volt drives. Sink or source.
These Chassis are typically used to control relays greater than 8×1 or control multiple relays in series forming larger switches than normally possible such as 16×1 to 32×1 sections. Or control mixtures of 8×1″s, 4×1″s, 2×1″s and 2×2 modules in any combination or configuration for up to 256 relay drives. LEDs on the front panel show switch and power status. Add Switch Modules, display / driver modules and a Control Module to complete the system or simply buy the chassis wired out to D connectors to control your own relays. A manual control is optional.
Dimensions:
19″ Rack Mount (483 mm)
15 to 20″ deep (381 mm to 508 mm)
7″ to 14″ (4 to 8 RU) high (135 to 270 mm) Depending on what relays you want to install.
Weight: 15 to 45 lbs (7 to 20.5 Kg) max
AC Power : 75 to 250 Watts max. 110/220 selectable.
Externally Panel Mounted relays can be swapped without taking chassis out of rack.
DC to 40 GHz 50 ohm systems
1×2, 2×2, 1×3 to 1×12 microwave relays.
SMA, 2.92 mm, N, TNC or other connectors
LAN, GPIB, USB, RS232 or Manual Control
100″s of relay choices from almost any vendor.
Custom systems and configurations
Driver chassis wired to D connectors with +5 to +28 volt drives. Sink or source.
Cytec can manufacture custom microwave systems to your specifications.
Need to build a switch with 6 different styles of relays?
Want to combine relays, amps, splitters and couplers?
Need to combine parts from 8 different vendors to meet the specs you want?
Some of what we can do:
Cytec can offer hundreds of different microwave relays from multiple vendors. Standard relays are DC to 18 GHz with SMA connectors but options include:
CXM/2×1-F-SMA Microwave Relays have a Normally Closed (NC = OFF) and Normally Open (NO = ON) Position.
Specifications
Bandpass DC to 18 GHz
Insertion Loss 0.3 dB @1 GHz, 0.8 dB @ 18 GHz
VSWR 1.2:1 @ 1 GHz, 1.5:1 @ 18 GHz
Isolation -80 dB @ 1 GHz, -60 dB @ 18 GHz
Failsafe (F) or Normally Closed 2×1 relays (NC) require one drive per relay. Latching (-L) and Terminated (-T) 2×1 relays require two drives per relay. Keep this in mind when configuring systems based on the number of drives per chassis.
CXM/2×2-F-SMA Microwave Relays have a Normally Closed (NC = OFF) and Normally Open (NO = ON) Position as shown in the drawing on the left. They can also be used as a terminated 2×1 relay. Usefull for swapping signals between devices, reversing signal flow or interfacing to larger configurations.
Specifications
Bandpass DC to 18 GHz
Insertion Loss 0.3 dB @1 GHz, 0.8 dB @ 18 GHz
VSWR 1.2:1 @ 1 GHz, 1.5:1 @ 18 GHz
Isolation -80 dB @ 1 GHz, -60 dB @ 18 GHz
Options:
Failsafe (F) or Normally Closed 2×2 relays (NC) require one drive per relay. Latching (-L) 2×2 relays require two drives per relay. Keep this in mind when configuring systems based on the number of drives per chassis.
CXM/3×1 to 12×1-NO-SMA Microwave Relays are Normally Open (NO) in the OFF state. Only one port can be on at a time. Larger configurations can be built by connecting the common port of multiple relays to another relay in series.
Typical Specifications— Specifications will vary by relay type and size!
Bandpass DC to 18 GHz
Insertion Loss 0.3 to 0.5 dB @1 GHz, 0.8 to 1.2 dB @ 18 GHz
VSWR 1.2:1 to 1.3:1 @ 1 GHz, 1.5:1 to 1.8:1 @ 18 GHz
Isolation -80 dB @ 1 GHz, -60 dB @ 18 GHz
Options:
Normally Open relays (NO) require one drive per relay port and default off is no port closed. Latching (-L) relays require one drives per port but have no OFF ( Normally Open) state.
CXM/3×1 to 10×1-NO-T-SMA Microwave Relays are Normally Open (NO) in the OFF state. Only one port can be on at a time. Larger configurations can be built by connecting the common port of multiple relays to another relay in series. These relays are terminated to 50 ohms at each port except the common when in the off state.
Terminated relays are used for multiple purposes. The main purpose is for systems that require the output of the device connected to the relay be terminated in 50 ohms to maintain charactoristic impedance, such as splitters. Sometimes it is simply a good pratice to terminate the device to protect the output such as certain op amps. The other major reason is to provide slightly better isolation between ports since terminations take the signal to ground rather than act as an unterminated stub.
Typical Specifications— !specications will vary by relay type and size!
Bandpass DC to 18 GHz
Insertion Loss 0.3 to 0.5 dB @1 GHz, 0.8 to 1.2 dB @ 18 GHz
VSWR 1.2:1 to 1.3:1 @ 1 GHz, 1.5:1 to 1.8:1 @ 18 GHz
Isolation -85 dB @ 1 GHz, -65 dB @ 18 GHz
Termination Power 2 Watts max
Options:
Normally Open relays (NO) require one drive per relay port and default off is no port closed. Latching (-L) relays require one drives per port but have no OFF ( Normally Open) state.