32 Way Power Divider, 6~18GHz, 20W, SMA

The 32-way power divider functions like a precise "signal traffic hub," evenly and synchronously distributing a single input high-frequency microwave signal into 32 identical output signals. Conversely, it can also serve as a combiner, merging 32 signals into one. Its core role lies in enabling "one-to-many" or "many-to-one" signal transmission, forming the foundation for large-scale phased arrays and multi-target testing systems. The following briefly introduces its characteristics and applications:

Characteristics:

1. Ultra-wideband coverage: The wideband characteristics of 6~18GHz enable compatibility with multiple commonly used satellite communication and radar frequency bands, such as C, X, and Ku, allowing multi-functionality in a single device and significantly enhancing system flexibility and integration.
2. High power capacity: With an average power handling capability of 20W, the device ensures stable operation even in high-voltage environments, meeting the stringent requirements of high-power applications such as radar transmission links, offering exceptional reliability.
3. High-Precision interface: The entire series adopts SMA connectors, a widely used high-frequency connector known for excellent shielding and mechanical durability, enabling quick and reliable connections with various test instruments and system equipment.
4. Excellent electrical performance: Despite the numerous output channels, it maintains low insertion loss, good channel consistency, and superior port isolation, ensuring signal distribution quality and independence among system channels.

Applications:

1. Phased array radar system: It is one of the core components of modern active phased array radar (AESA), used to allocate local oscillator or excitation signals to dozens or even hundreds of T/R components, and is the key to achieving beam scanning and spatial power synthesis.
2. Multi objective testing system: In the aerospace field, it can be used to simultaneously test the performance of multiple satellite receivers or guidance heads. One set of signal sources is allocated to 32 tested units simultaneously, greatly improving testing efficiency.
3. Electronic warfare (EW) system: In electronic support (ESM) or electronic warfare (ECM) equipment, it is used to expand the number of signal listening or interference channels in the system, achieving synchronous monitoring and suppression of multiple targets.
4. Satellite communication ground station: Used to construct a multi beam antenna system, achieving simultaneous signal reception and transmission to multiple satellites or multiple beams.

Qualwave Inc. supplies 32-way power dividers/combiners at frequencies from DC to 44GHz, and the power is up to 640W. This article introduces a 32-way power divider/combiner with a frequency of 6~18GHz and a power of 20W.