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D-Sub, or D-Subminiature, connectors are used in a variety of applications from military/defense to commercial technology and computer/networking technology. D-Sub connectors can be used for power, analog, RF, or digital signal transmission, and are often readily repaired/replaced/installed in the field. This connector style is extremely versatile and can be found anywhere from temperature-controlled data centers ..

Many of the latest Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems make use of multiple forms of wireless communication. In some cases, a single IoT module may be equipped with several wireless communication standards for various functions. For high bandwidth connections to infrastructure, cellular communications modules are common. For extremely high bandwidth and short range, or confined operation within ..

There is a wide variety of different coaxial transmission line hardware types and configurations. Hence, there are a wide range of accessories to go with these various coaxial connector, adapter, cable, and assembly arrangements. This blog covers a quick overview of a few of this, namely SMPS adapters with features such as spring loading, adapter ..

As is common in many industries, there are often internal acronyms or company part names/standards that may eventually spread to the larger industry. This is the case for some of the types of twinaxial and triaxial transmission line components, such as TRB Plug to TRB Jack Right Angle Adapters, that are present in the RF ..

There are several high voltage (HV) applications, such as in instrumentation, imaging inspection, medical, aerospace, and military/defense that pose the problem of connecting high voltage power supplies, signal generators, and instruments to devices-under-test (DUTs) and other equipment. High quality coaxial connectors and cables are naturally well suited to carrying low to medium voltages, and there ..

Phase noise is a key specification for RF Frequency Synthesizers and RF Oscillator. Phase noise is often called phase jitter or frequency domain jitter. Jitter is the time domain analog to frequency domain phase noise. The root of phase noise is frequency instability or phase instability in a frequency source. In most RF oscillators, there ..

There are several applications and environments where it is critical to have functioning communications equipment for safety and operational purposes, but these environments expose communications equipment to extremes that are beyond the normal operating range for most common components, devices, and systems. Examples include mining, arid environment, oil and gas processing, industrial manufacturing, metal working, ..

It is often useful to have coaxial connectorized components available that are smaller than even SMA connectorized components. When this is the case, there are a few options. Namely, subminiature version B (SMB), micro coaxial connectors (MCX), micro-miniature coaxial connectors (MMCX), and other much higher frequency connectors. Since the 2.4 mm, 1.85 mm, 1.35 mm, ..

The SubMiniature version A (SMA) coaxial connector standards is one of the most common coaxial connectors standards used in an extremely wide variety of low power RF applications. The SmA standard was originally designed to only operate from DC to 12 GHz, but there are now precision variants that often reach 18 GHz to 26.5 ..

A 2.92mm 50 Ohm Fixed Attenuator is a fixed coaxial attenuator that uses the 2.92 mm coaxial connector standard as the port for the attenuator. A coaxial attenuator can either be a fixed, programmable, or variable attenuator, where each presents different benefits for certain applications. Fixed coaxial attenuators tend to be more compact and can ..