Signal sources in general, and high-performance frequency synthesizers in particular, rate high on any list of “most customized microwave products”. As any design engineer quickly learns, choosing a synthesizer for a given application invariably requires tradeoffs between tuning speed, phase noise, weight, and power consumption.
Spinnaker Microwave, Inc., today introduced a new miniature frequency synthesizer that covers 2 to 20 GHz in a rugged machined housing measuring only 2.9" x 3.0" x 0.7". The device weighs less than 7 ounces and consumes only 6 W of power.