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—All Rights Reserved—Rev: 3 April 2020 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

App-1 

Pg-8 

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4

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10

220

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330

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WR3.4

Efficiency

Efficiency (typ.)

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330

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WR2.2

Efficiency

Efficiency (typ.)

Performance 

 WR3.4 and WR2.2

 

 

Summary of Contents for WR0.34X3

Page 1: ...econd Street SE Suite 309 Charlottesville VA 22902 6172 USA Tel 434 297 3257 Fax 434 297 3258 www vadiodes com 2020 Virginia Diodes Inc All Rights Reserved Broadband Frequency Tripler Operational Manual 2020 ...

Page 2: ...Section 2 Product Overview and Specifications Pages 4 6 Product Overview Page 4 5 Product Specifications Page 6 Appendix 1 Broadband Frequency Tripler Performance Pages 7 8 Performance WR15 and WR10 Page 7 Performance WR3 4 and WR2 2 Page 8 Appendix 2 Efficiency vs RF Input Power Pages 9 Efficiency vs RF Input Power Page 9 Addendum Product Updates and Company Contacts Page 10 Sec 1 Pg 2 Contents S...

Page 3: ...ch the product was designed Use outside common safety health or general advisories pertaining to microwave millimeter wave and VDI products Repairs carried out by persons other than VDI or its assigned agents Waveguide Inspection Test Port Care Inspect waveguide flanges for debris prior to making connections Making a connection with metal debris between the waveguide flanges can damage the wavegui...

Page 4: ...ng and corresponding dimensions are for a typical WR 5 1 frequency tripler Other triplers WR 5 1 to WR 1 5 will have similar configuration and dimensions High Frequency Broadband Frequency Triplers WR 1 2 to WR 0 34 These triplers will have a rectangular waveguide input The output port will be either a rectangular waveguide or an integrated horn antenna 25dBi The drawing and corresponding dimensio...

Page 5: ... waveguide input and output flange The drawing and corresponding dimensions are for a typical WM 164 WR 0 65 frequency tripler Currently only the WM 164 WR 0 65 frequency tripler is available in this form factor General Operating Procedure RF input power must be applied to generate RF output power The RF output frequency is exactly three times the RF input frequency E Field 0 75 0 75 0 25 RF Outpu...

Page 6: ...tions for Broadband Frequency Triplers VDI Part Number RF Output Frequency GHz RF Output Flange RF Input Frequency GHz RF Input Flange Typical Efficiency Input Power Options Input Power Range Damage Limit WR15X3 50 75 WR 15 16 67 25 2 9mm f 3 5 HP 100 500mW 625mW WR12X3 60 90 WR 12 20 30 2 9mm f 3 5 HP 75 400mW 500mW WR10X3 75 110 WR 10 25 36 7 2 9mm f 3 5 MP 40 220mW 275mW HP 60 360mW 450mW WR9 0...

Page 7: ...ional data can be found on the VDI website or may be available upon request technical vadiodes com Measured efficiency data is shipped with each VDI broadband frequency tripler Performance WR15 and WR10 Appendix One 0 2 4 6 8 10 50 55 60 65 70 75 Efficiency Frequency GHz WR15 Efficiency Efficiency typ 0 2 4 6 8 10 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 Efficiency Frequency GHz WR10 Efficiency Efficiency typ A...

Page 8: ...6 8 10 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 Efficiency Frequency GHz WR3 4 Efficiency Efficiency typ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 Efficiency Frequency GHz WR2 2 Efficiency Efficiency typ Performance WR3 4 and WR2 2 ...

Page 9: ...all VDI s broadband frequency triplers However the scale depends on the specific tripler design the operating frequency and other operating conditions for example temperature and impedance matching with the source and load Efficiency versus power data can be supplied for all shipped triplers at an additional cost Efficiency vs RF Input Power 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 ...

Page 10: ...nually improve our products We also depend upon feedback from colleagues and customers Ideas to simplify component operations improve performance or add capabilities are always welcome Contact VDI Virginia Diodes Inc Web http www vadiodes com Email Technical vadiodes com Telephone 434 297 3257 Addendum Product Updates and Company Contacts Addendum Pg 10 ...

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