New from DS Instruments, the MX3000L is a wideband high-performance RF mixer with integrated 35- 3000MHz Local Oscillator. LO frequency can be set with front controls, USB commands, or the provided windows PC application. The MX3000L makes an extremely convenient low-noise upconverter or downconverter by eliminating the need for cabling and a separate signal source. New internal harmonic filtering keeps undesired mixer spurs to a minimum!
MX3000L Hybrid RF Mixer Features:
- USB powered from Laptop, battery-pack, Smartphone Charger, PC…
- Up-converting, down-converting, general purpose mixing supported
- Compact, rugged aluminum enclosure
- Bright and efficient OLED display
- Simple and effective control interface
- Active LO harmonic-filtering
- LO power level control
- Industry standard virtual COM port serial commands
- Premium gold 50-ohm microwave SMA ports (RF & IF)
- Internal precision 10MHz reference frequency source
- External reference frequency input port (MCX)
- High-power LO output port (MCX)
- Free control software for PC
Hybrid Microwave Mixer Specs:
- Integrated 35 – 3000MHz programmable local oscillator
- IF range: 5 – 1500MHz
- RF range: 50-3000MHz
- Typical LO to RF isolation: 35dB
- Typical LO to IF isolation: 25dB
- Maximum RF power input: +17dBm
- LO Phase noise at 2.4GHz: -88dBc (10KHz offset)
- Low conversion loss: < 8dB typical
- Return loss: >12 dB
- Typical IP3: 20dBm
- Input P1dB: +5dBm
- LO Harmonic level: -30dBc typical (50-2500MHz)
- Reference source: ±2.5PPM 10MHz TCXO
Typical Mixer Applications:
- General microwave lab applications
- Receiver development
- Communications applications
- Bluetooth development
- IOT testing
- Wifi testing
- Software defined radio applications
- Block converting
- Defense / electronic warfare
