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PXI Microwave SPDT Relay
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Issue 2.12 June 2021

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  • Page 1 40-780A User Manual PXI Microwave SPDT Relay pickeringtest.com Issue 2.12 June 2021...
  • Page 2 © COPYRIGHT (2021) PICKERING INTERFACES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, translated or stored in any form, or by any means without the written permission of Pickering Interfaces. Technical details contained within this publication are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3 Pickering Interfaces strives to fulfil all relevant environmental laws and regulations and reduce wastes and releases to the environment. Pickering Interfaces aims to design and operate products in a way that protects the environment and the health and safety of its employees, customers and the public. Pickering Interfaces endeavours to develop and manufacture products that can be produced, distributed, used and recycled, or disposed of, in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

  • Page 4: Product Safety

    PRODUCT SAFETY SAFETY SYMBOLS The following safety symbols may be used on the product and throughout the product documentation. MEANING / DESCRIPTION SYMBOL PROTECTIVE EARTH (GROUND) To identify any terminal which is intended for connection to an external conductor for protection against electric shock in case of a fault, or the terminal of a protective earth (ground) electrode.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Pre Operation Checks ............3.1 Hardware Installation ............3.2 Software Installation .............3.2 Testing Operation ..............3.3 Section 4 Programming Guide ..............4.1 Programming Options For Pickering PXI Modules ....4.1 Module Architecture ..............4.2 Programming the Module .............4.3 Section 5 Connector Information ..............5.1 Section 6 Trouble Shooting .................6.1 Section 7 Maintenance Information ............7.1...
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  • Page 7: Warnings And Cautions

    Unused slots in the host chassis are populated with blanking plates to prevent access to user I/O signals that may be present. Blanking panels are available to order from Pickering in a variety of slot widths. If the product is not used in this manner for example by using an extender card then additional care must be taken to avoid contact with exposed signals.
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  • Page 9 SMA/N-Type for 50 Ω and 1.6/5.6 in 75 Ω versions. The 40-780A range gives you the highest RF and microwave switching performance available within a Pickering switching system. Although designed for microwave applications, they have many uses in the RF spectrum where extremely low insertion loss and ultra high isolation are critical.
  • Page 10 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering Specifications Microwave SPDT Relay, 40-780A General Specification - 50 Ω Versions Configuration: SPDT Microwave Switch, 1 to 4 independent banks. LED Indicators: Blue LEDs indicate activated relays Operate Time: 15 ms for 12.4 GHz relays,...
  • Page 11 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering Specifications Microwave SPDT Relay, 40-780A Additional Specification - 40 GHz & 50 GHz Versions Connectors: SMA-2.9 (40 GHz) SMA-2.4 (50 GHz) Insertion Loss: <0.8 dB to 40 GHz <1.1 dB to 50 GHz Isolation: >50 dB to 50 GHz...
  • Page 12 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering Specifications Microwave SPDT Relay, 40-780A Additional Specification - 67 GHz Versions Connectors: SMA-1.85 Insertion Loss: <0.30 dB to 6 GHz <0.40 dB to 12.4 GHz <0.50 dB to 18 GHz <0.70 dB to 26.5 GHz <0.80 dB to 40 GHz...
  • Page 13 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering Specifications Microwave SPDT Relay, 40-780A Additional Specification - 12.4 GHz N-type Versions Connectors: N-type Insertion Loss: <0.15 dB to 1 GHz <0.20 dB to 2 GHz <0.25 dB to 3 GHz <0.35 dB to 8 GHz <0.50 dB to 12.4 GHz...
  • Page 14 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering Specifications Microwave SPDT Relay, 40-780A Additional Specification - 2.5 GHz 75Ω Versions Power Requirements Connectors: 1.6/5.6 Female +3.3 V +5 V +12 V -12 V Insertion Loss: <0.20 dB to 1 GHz 0.1 A 0.2 A...
  • Page 15 2 x Changeover (SPDT) 40-780A-522 Product Customization 3 x Changeover (SPDT) 40-780A-523 Pickering modules are designed and manufactured on our 4 x Changeover (SPDT) 40-780A-524 own flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product 26.5 GHz Microwave Relays, 50 Ω SMA control and enabling simple customization to meet very...
  • Page 16 We provide a full range of supporting cable and connector solutions for all our switching products—20 connector families with 1200+ products. We offer everything from simple mating connectors to complex cables assemblies and terminal blocks. All assemblies are manufactured by Pickering and are guaranteed to mechanically and electrically mate to our modules. Connectors & Backshells...
  • Page 17 Microwave SPDT Relay, 40-780A Programming Pickering provide kernel, IVI and VISA (NI & Keysight) drivers which are compatible with all Microsoft supported versions of Windows and popular older versions. For a list of all supporting operating systems, please see: pickeringtest.com/os The VISA driver is also compatible with Real-Time Operating Systems such as LabVIEW RT.
  • Page 18 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK PXI MICROWAVE SPDT RELAY 40-780A Page 1.10...

  • Page 19: Functional Description

    SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION A functional block diagram is provided in Figure 2.1. The Microwave Relay Module is powered by +12V and +5V inputs via Compact PCI connector J1. The interface to the user test equipment is via the front panel mounted SMA, N-type or 1.6/5.6 connectors.
  • Page 20 SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK PXI MICROWAVE SPDT RELAY 40-780A Page 2.2...

  • Page 21: Installation

    Modular products require installation in a suitable PXI/LXI chassis. The module is designed for indoor use only. PREOPERATION CHECKS (UNPACKING) 1. Check the module for transport damage and report any damage immediately to Pickering Interfaces. Do not attempt to install the product if any damage is evident.

  • Page 22: Hardware Installation

    For a system comprising more than one chassis, turn ON the last chassis in the system followed by the penultimate, etc, and finally turn ON the external controller or chassis containing the system controller. 9. For Pickering Interfaces modular LXI installation there is no requirement to use any particular power up sequence.

  • Page 23: Testing Operation

    Figure 3.2 - General Soft Front Panel Icon A selector panel will appear, listing all installed Pickering PCI, PXI or LXI switch cards and resistor cards. Click on the card you wish to control, and a graphical control panel is presented allowing operation of the card.
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  • Page 25: Programming Guide

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS FOR PICKERING INTERFACES PXI MODULES For information on the installation and use of drivers and the programming of Pickering’s products in various software environments, please refer to the Software User Manual. This is available as a download from: https://www.pickeringtest.com/support/software-drivers-and-downloads...

  • Page 26: Module Architecture

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering MODULE ARCHITECTURE The 40-780A module is a single, dual, triple or quad microwave changeover relay with the number of switches and maximum frequency handling dependent upon the product order code. In the default state the relay connections are in the NC position as shown in the diagrams below.

  • Page 27: Programming The Module

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering PROGRAMMING THE MODULE Here are some simple examples of using the drivers with the 40-780A quad SPDT relay module. Using PILPXI To operate a relay the user could use the simple OpBit command or the WriteSub commands OpBit DWORD sub_unit = 1;...
  • Page 28 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK PXI MICROWAVE SPDT RELAY 40-780A Page 4.4...
  • Page 29 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering Relay 1 Relay 1 Relay 1 Relay 2 Single SPDT Figure 5.1 - Single Microwave Relay Module 40-780A: Connector Positions Module Part No. Frequency Connector Type 40-780A-511 12.4GHz...
  • Page 30 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering pickering Relay 1 Relay 1 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 3 Relay 2 Dual SPDT Figure 5.2 - Dual Microwave Relay Module 40-780A: Connector Positions PXI MICROWAVE SPDT RELAY 40-780A...
  • Page 31 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering pickering Relay 1 Relay 1 Relay 3 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 3 Relay 2 Triple SPDT Figure 5.3 - Triple Microwave Relay Module 40-780A: Connector Positions PXI MICROWAVE SPDT RELAY 40-780A...
  • Page 32 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering pickering Relay 1 Relay 1 Relay 3 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 3 Relay 2 Relay 3 Relay 4 Relay 2 Relay 4 Quad SPDT Figure 5.4 - Quad Microwave Relay Module 40-780A: Connector Positions PXI MICROWAVE SPDT RELAY 40-780A Page 5.4...

  • Page 33: Trouble Shooting

    PCI configuration, highlighting any potential configuration problems. Specific details of all installed Pickering switch cards are included. All the installed Pickering switch cards should be listed in the “Pilpxi information” section - if one or more cards is missing it may be possible to determine the reason by referring to the PCI configuration dump contained in the report, but interpretation of this information is far from straightforward, and the best course is to contact Pickering support: support@pickeringtest.com, if possible...
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  • Page 35: Maintenance Information

    For PXI modules which are supported in one of Pickering Interfaces’ Modular LXI Chassis (such as the 60-102B and 60-103B) no module software update is required. If the module was introduced after the LXI chassis was manufactured the module may not be recognized, in this case the chassis firmware may need upgrading.
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