Broadband Log Video Amplifiers
Pasternack Introduces New Line of

Broadband Log Video Amplifiers

  • Successive Detection Log Video Amplifiers (SDLVA) and Detector Log Video Amplifier (DLVA)
  • Log video amplifiers offer broadband multi-octave performance from 0.5 GHz to 18 GHz
  • SDLVA and DLVA can process up to 75 dB of dynamic range
  • Log Linearity ranges from ± 1 dB to ± 2.5 dB
  • Log Video Output Slope ranges from 20 to 50 mV/dB
  • Logarithmic video amplifier fast recovery time ranges from 40 to 150 nsec
  • 50 ohm hybrid circuits enclosed in rugged metal packages with SMA connectors are highly reliable and designed to meet MIL-STD-202F environmental conditions
  • Guaranteed operating performance ranges from -40°C to +90°C
  • Log amplifier models are EAR99 | No export license required
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Part No. & Additional Views Frequency Band (GHz) Typical Recovery Time (ns) Min TSS (dBm) Log Linearity (±dB) Log Range (dBm) Rise Time (ns) Log Slope (mV/dB) Voltage (±Volts) "Mechanical Dimensions L(in) x W(in) x H(in)" Connector Type ECCN
500 MHz to 4 GHz, Log Amplifier, 25 mV/dB Log Slope, 70 dBm Log Range, SMA PE15A2000 0.5 - 4 40 -73 typical 2.5 -70 to 0 10 25 15 3.2 x 1.8 x 0.4 SMA EAR99
2 GHz to 6 GHz, Log Amplifier, 40 mV/dB Log Slope, 75 dBm Log Range, SMA PE15A2001 2 - 6 60 -73 typical 1.75 -70 to +5 25 40 15 3.75 x 1.5 x 0.5 SMA EAR99
6 GHz to 18 GHz, Log Amplifier, 25 mV/dB Log Slope, 70 dBm Log Range, SMA PE15A2002 6 - 18 70 -72 2.5 typical -70 to 0 50 25 12 3.2 x 2.05 x 0.4 SMA EAR99
500 MHz to 18 GHz, Log Amplifier, 20 mV/dB Log Slope, 70 dBm Log Range, SMA PE15A2003 0.5 - 18 150 -65 1.75 -65 to +5 20 20 15 3.0 x 3.5 x 0.5 SMA EAR99
6 GHz to 18 GHz, Log Amplifier, 50 mV/dB Log Slope, 40 dBm Log Range, SMA PE15A2004 6 - 18 150 -40 1 -40 to 0 20 50 15 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.4 SMA EAR99

Microwave Broadband Log Video Amplifiers

Our log log amplifiers (SDLVA and DLVA) are used to measure widely varying signals at high frequencies in applications where rapid and precise tracking is required across the entire frequency band. Signals with high density pulses, narrow pulse widths and large amplitude variations are compressed into an output video voltage response that increases linearly with increasing input power. Logarithmic video amplifier applications include: radar and EW systems used for direction finding and power monitoring, but they can also find use in laboratory measurement and test equipment as well as telecommunications and data communications systems.

These new SDLVA and DLVA logarithmic video amplifiers utilize highly efficient GaAs semiconductor technology which is beneficial for high speed applications while maintaining flatness and accuracy throughout the desired frequency band. Our log amplifiers can process up to 75 dB of dynamic range and have log linearity that ranges from ±1 to ±2.5 dBm. The log slope ranges from 20 to 50 mV/dB and they also boast fast recovery times ranging from 40 to 150 nanoseconds. The 50 ohm hybrid circuit assemblies are enclosed in rugged metal packages with SMA connectors. These new successive detection log video amplifier and detector log video amplifier product lines are highly reliable and designed to meet MIL-STD-202F environmental conditions.

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