Wide-ranging family of RF PXI switches provide easy system integration

Pickering Interfaces has launched a 13-model family of 8GHz solid-state RF PXI switches, including SPDT, SP4T, SP6T, SP8T, SP16T and 4x4 Matrix devices. The company's series 40-88xA high-performance switch family now covers 10MHz to 8GHz in the modular PXI format for easy system integration. Aimed at the telecoms and semiconductor test industries and compatible with a broad range of platforms including PXI, PXIe Hybrid and Pickering USB/LXI chassis, all the new units offer automatic termination of unused switch channels, up to +36dBm input power handling and excellent RF performance characteristics. Single, dual, quad, hex and octal versions are available on some family members. Bob Stasonis, director of sales and marketing at Pickering Interfaces, commented: “Solid state switches ensure a long service life with no wear out mechanism, and can sustain frequent hot switching without performance degradation. It is Pickering’s policy to offer as wide a range of units as possible to meet the customer’s exact requirements.”