Miniaturized High-Power 7-Channel UHF Filter

Menlo Micro MM6005 UHF Filter

Menlo Micro has developed a miniaturized UHF Filter utilizing breakthrough Ideal Switch technology to provide a seven-channel discrete tuning range from 225-512MHz.

The filter’s innovative design results in low insertion loss across the passband, fast discrete switching, and high-power input handling.

When compared to traditional solid-state switched filter bank designs, the MM6005 exhibits 2 dB to 3 dB lower losses. The Ideal Switch technology enables greater than 3 billion switching cycles with very minimal change in performance over a temperature range of -40 to +85C.

The design also offers a considerable 90% reduction in size when compared with comparable solid-state or electromechanical switched filter bank designs.

Features

225-512 MHz Frequency Span
7 Channel Discrete Tunable Range
60 W Max Input Power
Low Insertion Loss: 1.5 dB @ 512 MHz
30 dB Rejection @ +/- 50 MHz
10μs Max Fast Discrete Switching Speed
High Reliability: Greater than 3 Billion Operations

Applications

Military Communications
EW Systems
Frequency Mitigation
Amplifier Filtering

Markets

Defense and Aerospace
Test and Measurement Systems
Wireless Infrastructure

Design Advantages – Miniaturized UHF Filter

PCB Size: 3.4” x 1.6” (86.4 mm x 40.6 mm) with SMA connectors
Fewer filter components: 70% component reduction compared with existing switched filter bank designs
Significantly reduced losses – MEMS switch resistance totals in parallel resulting in up to 3 dB improvement in insertion loss
Ability to select multiple simultaneous switch filter paths