150GHz Source

 2023 Design

The previous version (v7, 2023) of the RF source includes the following components:

• Raspberry Pi 3b

• ADF5355 PLL board (10.8 - 13.3)

• Custom-made 10 - 14 GHz tunable bandpass filter

• Mini-Circuits ZX60-153LN amplifier

• -10 dB fixed attenuator 

• VDI 740 AMCI RF Multiplier

• BWSensing AH500

• DS3231 Real Time Clock (RTC)

•  20 MHz Temperature controlled crystal oscillator

• 0 to -30 dB Variable attenuator

• Open-ended waveguide

• Vertical polarizing filter

• 3x 5mW red LASER modules

• Standalone metrology camera (Sony DSC-RX0m2)

• Custom-made Power supply board: 2x 5V Traco Power switching regulators, 1x 9V Traco Power switching regulator, 6V LM7806 linear regulator