Electromechanical switches are guaranteed for 1m life cycles

11th August 2015

Nat Bowers

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Designed for RF, microwave and millimeter wave applications, Pasternack has announced a large portfolio of in-stock general purpose multi-market coaxial packaged electromechanical switches. Consisting of 134 connectorised designs that are guaranteed for 1m life cycles, these RF relay switches are available in a variety of different connector options including SMA, N Type, TNC and 2.92mm.

Offered in popular configurations such SPDT, DPDT, SP4T, SP6T, SP10T and Transfer, specific models offer additional features such as latching actuators, failsafe actuators, indicators, TTL controls, terminations, pulse latching and hot switching.

The general purpose electromechanical switches cover frequency ranges from DC to 46GHz and have power ratings ranging from 10 to 275W. These RF switches also boast high isolation up to 80dB, switching speeds ranging from 15 to 50ms and low insertion loss ranging 0.2 to 0.6dB. All materials and finishes are in accordance with applicable MIL standards.

Tim Galla, Active Components Product Manager, Pasternack, comments: “Pasternack offers designers a comprehensive selection of general purpose electromechanical switch designs for multi-market applications in popular configurations all guaranteed to 1m life cycles. These switches are the perfect complement to our existing lines of high reliability relay switches which have guaranteed performance up to 10m life cycles.”

Pasternack’s family of 134 general purpose electromechanical switches are in-stock and available to ship today.