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News Release from: Anadigics | Subject: ACA2420
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2008
Line amplifier doubles fibre power
Device ensures optimal video and data delivery in deep fibre HFC architectures and other cable TV deployments that minimise the use of cascaded system amplifiers.
Anadigics has launched the ACA2420 power doubler line amplifier, a high output power device designed to ensure optimal video and data delivery in deep fibre HFC architectures and other cable TV deployments that minimise the use of cascaded system amplifiers "Cable operators are improving the customer experience with a migration to deep fibre node scenarios, whereby the number of subscribers on each node is reduced, thus increasing the available bandwidth for high definition TV, interactive gaming, and video-on-demand", reports Ron Michels, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Anadigics' Broadband Business
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The ACA2420 combines high output power with low distortion to meet the stringent demands of next generation 1GHz fibre-deep nodes and system amplifiers".
Anadigics' new power doubler line amplifier supports high output power levels (+58dBmV per channel) up to 1GHz, providing a higher quality signal over longer distances, compared with amplifiers with lower output power handling capabilities.
Exceptional signal integrity is assured by the ACA2420's high crash point, which allows the device to maintain low carrier-to-intermodulation noise, composite triple beat and composite second order distortion.
Available in a 16-pin surface mount package, the ACA2420 consists of two parallel amplifiers with low distortion and low noise figure that are optimised for use in a balanced configuration.
The device provides 21.5dB of RF gain and a superior gain flatness of +/- 0.2dB, operating from a single 24V DC power supply.
The ACA2420 is available now at a price of US $24.28 in quantities of 1000 units.
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