Switch Box RF2038

The Ranatec RF2038 is a high-performance RF Switch box with six electromechanical coaxial latching SPDT-switches.

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Product Sheet

Applications

RF2038 is designed for applications such as:

  •  Production testing of mobile handsets
  • Production testing of mobile basestations
  • Built-In-Test (BITE) applications
  • MIMO applications
  • Automated test and measure
  • Signal monitoring

Features

  • Mechanical switches with high power and linearity
  • DC – 6 GHz RF frequency range
  • Insertion loss <0.3 dB @ 6 GHz
  • 53 dBm maximum input power @ 6 GHz
  • Insertion loss repeatability 0.03 dB over a life span of 10M switching cycles

Specifications

Switch mode Latching
Switching time < 15 ms
Operating frequency DC – 6 GHz
Impedance 50 Ohm
Max DC at RF inputs 0 VDC
VSWR (max) 1.15:1 @ DC-6 GHz
Insertion loss (max) 0.2 + (0.45/26.5)x freq(GHz) (dB)
Isolation (min) 85 dB @ DC-6 GHz
Input power thru (max) 53 dBm (cold switching)
Size 19″, 3 U
Operating temperature 0 to 50°C
Storage temperature -20 to 70°C
Relative humidity 95% at +40°C

Control Interfaces

  • Web-interface, for manual operations
  • Textual (SCPI-like) API

All switches are controlled remotely via web interface or API. It can be controlled from any
computer in the network via TCP/IP sockets or via its internal web server. The communication protocol is very simple and independent from operating system, programming language etc.

Ordering

RF2038 RF Switch Box 6xSPDT

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