Mini-Circuits selects Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch

Among the highlights at Booth 2253 will be a live demo of Mini-Circuits’ Absorptive SP4T switch, simulating a full life cycle and reliability test, while also showcasing the device’s switching speed of 15µs.

The MEM-SP4T-A18 Switch, developed by Mini-Circuits, the global supplier of RF, microwave and millimetre-wave components, operates at 18GHz and has very high reliability, fast switching speeds, low power consumption and DC passing functionality. Its performance and longevity are underpinned by Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch technology, which provides low insertion loss, extremely high linearity across billions of switching operations. Suitable applications include antenna linefeeds, redundancy switching for microwave radio, satcom/GNSS antenna switching, signal routing/switch matrices, and high-volume production testing.

The MEM-SP4T-A18 demonstration is one of nine live product demonstrations featured at Menlo Micro’s booth this year at IMS. The company also is showcasing its solutions for high-speed digital and RF applications, quantum computing, and next-gen aerospace and defence systems.

Mini-Circuits Global Product Marketing Manager for Product Line Test Solutions and High-Power Amplifiers, Angelo Andres, commented: “Our work with Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch technology has enabled us to fully develop our MEM-SP4T-A18 absorptive SP4T switch, which completes our broad portfolio of switch test products and modules to address a wide range of wireless communication applications.”

Menlo Micro CEO, Russ Garcia, added: “We are excited to showcase the Ideal Switch technology and its selection by Mini-Circuits for advanced RF switch solutions at IMS this year. As electronic systems grow more powerful and compact, traditional switches face limitations of size, weight, speed, heat, wear, and signal quality, creating system-level bottlenecks across today’s most demanding applications. Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch eliminates these trade-offs, delivering a compact, high-performance, scalable solution for high-speed digital and high-power, broadband RF and advanced power switching, all in one platform. This is enabling Mini-Circuits and our other customers to accelerate innovation of significantly differentiated products.”

To learn more about Menlo Micro and Ideal Switch technology, visit Booth 2253 at IMS.