Flexible microwave switching family provides highly configurable switching solutions

Pickering Interfaces will showcase its new 40/42-890 family of modular, flexible microwave switches, obtaining highly configurable switching solutions up to 110GHz to the PXI platform at IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2023.

Ideal for test environments demanding high-frequency microwave switching, from radar and communications to consumer electronics and 5G infrastructure, the new microwave switch family delivers highly configurable switching solutions up to 110GHz through the PXI platform, providing flexibility, versatility, and test system optimisation.

"This new family available in both PXI and PXIe allows RF test engineers to select from and combine a wide range of high-performance microwave relay types to suit their exact application requirements while minimising chassis slot usage by combining multiple relay and connector types on a single module," said Steve Edwards, switching product manager at Pickering.

As well as the new PXI flexible microwave switching family, the company will also highlight the first modules in a new MEMS-based RF PXI and PXIe multiplexer family; flexible LXI microwave switch platform and turnkey services for signal routing subsystems – including a custom 12x12 LXI microwave switching matrix demo; a new Microwave Switch Design Tool – a free online tool for configuring flexible PXI or LXI microwave switch products; and will also a selection from its wide portfolio of signal switching and simulation, including thermocouple, LVDT/RVDT/resolver and analog output simulators along with their PXI, PXIe and LXI/USB modular chassis, and cables and connectors.

IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2023, booth 204, USA, August 28-31, 2023.