A HIGH SPEED AND HIGH POWER SINGLE POLE SIXTEEN THROW PIN DIODE SWITCH

摘要

A High Speed and High Power Single Pole Sixteen Throw Pin Diode Switch A single pole sixteen throw PIN diode (SP16T) switch for microwave applications having capability to switch the input to any one of the sixteen output ports characterized by a cascading of one high power single pole double throw (SP2T) switch, the said SP2T switch has three shunt diodes in each arm for getting isolation, two single pole eight throw (SP8T) switches and a driver circuit means; the said SP2T switch having silicon PIN diodes using all shunt configuration; the said SP8T switches utilising series shunt configuration, wherein the series devices are in the low-impedance (inducative) state and shunt devices are in the high impedance (capacitive) state.