[time-nuts] f-multipliers from VHF to 10 GHz

[Bruce Griffiths]

Indicative price:
https://www.richardsonrfpd.com/Products/Product/MLPNC-7103-SMT6

Bruce
> On 16 May 2020 at 10:54 ed breya <eb at telight.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Bruce wrote
> 
> Macom also do NLTL comb generators which are much quieter than SRDs:
> https://www.macom.com/products/product-detail/MLPNC-7100-SMA850
> 
> Wow, those are nice. I've studied and searched for NLTLs over the years, 
> and found all sorts of research papers about making monolithic ones, but 
> not such a finished piece that you can order up and go - even though 
> these may have been around for some time. I've even considered trying to 
> build some discretely and experiment, but got dissuaded when I found out 
> how many compression stages are needed for meaningful results. I think 
> that's why the research was all geared toward making them in integrated 
> form, where you can get lots of similar items repeated in tiny form. I'd 
> guess that these may have 20-100 stages, or maybe nowadays it can be one 
> continuous line with spatially variable characteristics..
> 
> It's cool to see, but probably quite spendy - I'd guess 2 grand or more. 
> I tried to find out the price looking at a distributor, but it's a 
> special order, call for quote type deal. I'm sure it's quite a few dB$ 
> above what I can justify for any of my projects.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
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