Fundamental mode waveguide mixer suits radar and backhaul test
The 60 to 90 GHz MA2808A combines ultimate sensitivity performance with a wide measurement span in an easy-to-use configuration, to enable millimeter-wave measurements that traditional harmonic-mixer and down-converter methods have been unable to achieve.
Millimeter-wave technology is currently used in a number of wideband wireless applications but this latest release will be welcomed by automobile radar and wireless backhaul providers in particular. High resolution automobile collision avoidance radars are using 77/79 GHz to be able to detect objects such as pedestrians, making millimeter-wave measurement capability vital. Previous measurement methods have suffered with large conversion losses as well as the appearance of non-existent ghost signals (image responses), problems now addressed by the MA2808A.
In order to meet the need for faster, higher capacity communications, wireless backhaul providers are looking at connecting increasing numbers of small cell base stations with core networks, using E-band signals of 60 to 90 GHZ. The tight specifications on spectrum emissions in these bands require very high performance measurement equipment with high bandwidth and the best possible sensitivity.
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