Preamplifiers
Detect and strengthen a signal prior to greater amplification.
See Also: Amplifiers, RF Amplifiers, Current Amplifiers, Audio Amplifiers, Voltage Amplifiers, Transconductance Amplifiers, Op Amps, Klystron, Instrumentation Amplifiers, Distribution Amplifiers
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Preamplifiers
LNA Series
Low noise amplifier with 12.5 dB of gain covering the nominal frequency range 1 MHz to 3 GHz and can be used in the range from 200 kHz to 4 GHz. With its high gain and low noise figure, it will significantly increase the sensitivity of virtually all spectrum analyzers and other RF measuring instruments. All measuring instruments have a 'noise figure', which is a measure of how good the instrument is at measuring low level signals, the lower this figure, the better, although the lowest signal level will still be governed by the measurement bandwidth. A typical spectrum analyzer may have a noise figure of 20 dB or more, whereas a typical receiver may have a noise figure of 10 dB. The preamplifier has a noise figure of typically 4 dB, significantly enhancing the low level performance of such instruments, enabling signals that were previously masked by noise to be seen.
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Preamplifiers
A.H. Systems'' Preamplifier line is an excellent choice with a rugged design, no hassles with soldering your own power leads and they improve overall system sensitivity by at least 20 dB. All of A.H. Systems'' Preamplifiers come with a 12-volt (or 15-volt) DC regulated power source. A low voltage indicator confidently allows you to power the amplifier with your own external 12-volt DC battery. This makes it a convenient choice for field measurements. See table below for amplifier specifications.
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Preamplifiers
Is an electronic amplifier that converts a weak electrical signal into an output signal strong enough to be noise-tolerant and strong enough for further processing, or for sending to a power amplifier and a loudspeaker.
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Digital MCA Tube Base For Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
Gamma Stream Family
CAEN Gamma stream is a compact and portable system for gamma ray spectroscopy with scintillation detectors, which provides an active Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) integrated in a 14-pin photo-multiplier tube (PMT) base. Gamma stream fully integrates in a stand-alone device the high voltage to bias the PMT, the preamplifier to shape the signal from detector, and the MCA for a complete Pulse Height Analysis online.
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Acoustic Emission Sensors
Acoustic wave (acoustic emission) sensors are the ceramic piezoelectric transducers converting the mechanical elastic acoustic waves generated in the material (e.g. elastic waves occur when a material cracks, wears, deforms, or corrodes) to electrical signals. The electrical signals are then amplified and filtered by a preamplifier and then transmitted to a special acoustic emission acquisition instrument for further data processing and analysis.
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Read-Write Analyzer Systems
4000 TDMR Series
For Two Dimensional Magnetic Recording (TDMR). The 4000 Series RWA Systems support UP12 preamplifier and the next generation front end cartridge/head amplifier designs on Guzik spinstands. Previous generation of head amplifiers together with UP11M are also supported by RWA-4000 TDMR Systems in one channel mode.
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Microphones/Preamplifiers
To apply gain to (amplify) the signal without changing how the signal sounds.
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OEM Pulse Energy and Power Measuring Instrument
LEM 2510
This OEM-Meter is assembled in a standard cassette for the industrial 19? system. It has a width of 21TE. A touch panel and function keys make this device comfortable and easy to handle. The preamplifiers integrated into the device and the choice of sensor sensitivity, allow to use a wide range of sensor heads.?
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(70×90×15mm) Full Function Single Channel MSA Compact Pre-Amplifier EDFA Module
SPA4300-FM02
Hangzhou Huatai Optic Tech. Co., Ltd.
SPA4300-FM02 is a full-function optical Pre-Amplifier with digital control electronics, adopts 70×90×15mm MSA compact package. It is featured with high reliability, superior optical performance and compact reasonable configuration by Industrial standard, creating the most flexible and variable low-cost amplifier in the market. This module is suitable for multiple network application, especially the application that requires 40GB/S transmission speed.
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Mini Receiver
FB7-NX
In about 1935, the National Radio Company of Malden, Mass., brought out a “hot” high frequency receiver, called the FB7, and the subsequent FB-7X. It featured a super-hetrodyne design with plug-in coils that gave it a broad frequency range. The “X” model also incorporated a crystal filter in the intermediate frequency section, thus giving it additional selectivity. The receiver was viewed by radio amateurs as a technological breakthrough, and it was also used commercially for point to point high frequency communications. As the receiver did not have an internal RF amplifier section, a separately tunable RF amplifier was later provided in a separate enclosure for additional performance capabilities. Now, National RF, Inc., is resurrecting the fabled receiver name with an all solid-state, hot mini receiver, which also utilizes plug-in coils to cover the HF spectrum. The mini-receiver is designed for use by radio amateurs as well as serious short-wave listeners, and allows reception of AM, CW, and SSB signals. It incorporates a super-hetrodyne design with a dual gate FET built-in RF preamplifier and a ceramic filter for selectivity, often required when used in a crowded amateur radio band. In addition, the receiver has a buffered rear panel output of the high frequency oscillator for use with either a frequency counter for exact receive frequency display, or for interface with an outboard transmitter. A rear panel jack is also provided for muting the receiver when a transmitter is placed into the transmit mode. And, the receiver is small enough to fit into carry-on luggage and taken on trips when it is desired to “keep an ear” on amateur radio or other high frequency activity. The receiver utilizes rear panel plug-in coil assemblies which contain the RF amplifier, mixer, and oscillator tuned circuits. Each plug-in coil assembly also comes with a separate dial scale, which is inserted onto the front panel for displaying the tuned frequency. A very smooth 6 to 1 planetary drive is used for tuning the receiver. Other front panel controls include RF preamplifier peak, volume control, Beat Frequency Oscillator adjustment, and RF gain control. Other switches include filter bandwidth, AM/CW/SSB selection, Power, and a general coverage/band spread control for certain plug-in assemblies. The receiver is intended to drive head-phones via a rear panel jack, but has sufficient output to drive a small external speaker.
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Bias Boards
CUBE
The CUBE Bias Boards are a set of off-the-shelf biasing boards developed to speed-up the integration process of the CUBE CMOS preamplifier family of XGLab. These boards allow to bias both the detector (SDD as standard, other detector upon request) and the CUBE preamplifier.
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Energy Probes
RjP-600 Series
The RjP-600 Series energy probes integrate the detector and preamplifier in the same enclosure, thereby maximizing signal integrity between the detector and preamplifier. This permits longer cable runs between the probe and instrument, as is often necessary in production environments. Probe specific information, like calibration date and wavelength response curves, is stored in the probe for access by the instrument. Other features include interchangeable filter holders and ¼-20 mounting hole.
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Ambient Single Point Kelvin Probe System
This single point Kelvin Probe System operates under ambient conditions and is small enough to be placed in a customized glowth box. The probe head operates with an oscillating membrane and can be easily exchanged. The preamplifier is integrated inside the probe head.
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Charge Sensitive Preamplifier-Discriminator
A101
Model A101 is a hybrid charge sensitive preamplifier, discriminator, and pulse shaper developed especially for instrumentation employing photomultiplier tubes, channel electron multipliers and other low capacitance charge producing detectors in the pulse counting mode. The A101 is widely used in laboratory and commercial applications for mass spectrometers, laboratory and research experiments, aerospace instrumentation, medical electronics, and electro-optical systems.
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Externally Polarized Precision Condenser Microphones & Preamplifiers
Externally polarized microphones set the initial standard for all acoustic test and measurement applications. They rely on a dedicated 200V power supply and specialized cables with 7-pin LEMO® connectors. Their straightforward design supports a wide product range. Often chosen as replacements for existing models or when prepolarized alternatives are unavailable.
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Bias Tees for Radio Amateurs
Bias Tee for remote power supply of preamplifiers and converters via the coaxial cable.
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Low-Noise Voltage Preamplifier
SR560
Stanford Research Systems, Inc.
The SR560 is a high-performance, low-noise preamplifier that is ideal for a wide variety of applications including low-temperature measurements, optical detection, and audio engineering
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Multi Wavelength DWDM Gain Flattened Variable Gain EDFA
MX4500 Series
This EDFA is ideal for long distance DWDM or CWDM transmissions and may be used as a Line Amplifier, Pre-Amplifier, and Booster Amplifier.
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External Pre-amplifiers
Although all Spectrum A/D cards have a very powerful input section with a highly configurable input amplifier and a variety of input ranges it is sometimes necessary to have additional external amplifiers if the signal to acquire has an extremely low level. Spectrum offers a range of perfectly matching external amplifiers to cover such cases. These powerful amplifiers have been rated using the Spectrum cards and offer best performance together with high amplification rates.The amplifiers are simply connected between the signal source and the Spectrum A/D card input and can be manually switched between different settings using small lever keys. All amplifiers allow the offset compensation by using an adjustable screw.
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Emissions Test System
PC-114
Perform Radiated & Conducted EMI pre-compliance testing at your facility up to 1 GHz. Com-Power PC-114 EMI emissions test system is a ideal solution performing pre-compliance EMC testing from 9 kHz - 1 GHz.. It has essential equipment needed for radiated and conducted EMI emissions measurements. The system includes a spectrum analyzer, antennas, near field probes, a preamplifier, LISN and a non conductive antenna tripod. Pre-compliance testing in EMC is a commonly used term not easy to define. In general, it implies testing done prior to formal testing for legal compliance. Formal legal compliance is performed at a facility designed and equipped with test instrumentation that is fully compliant with the applicable EMC standards. Such facility and instrumentation is capital intensive and can be expensive even to rent and not easily available. Compliance testing is performed per exacting requirements of the Standards and other reference documents adhering to the test methods and last detail. In addition, the test facility may require to be accredited by an accreditation body such as NVLAP, A2LA. Often it is desirable to know prior to compliance testing at such facility, whether a product is close to compliance and also how close. Pre-compliance testing is specially useful for specifications such as FCC, Part 15, EN 55022 or EN 55011 (CISPR 22 or CISPR11). Pre-compliance testing usually means using the full compliance methods but making a few educated compromises in use of site or equipment to reduce costs and testing time. Here are some benefits of pre-compliance testing.
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JFET Voltage Preamplifier
SIM910
Stanford Research Systems, Inc.
The SIM910 and SIM911 are low-noise, programmable preamplifiers which are ideal for a wide range of small signal applications. The primary differences between the two models are their input impedance and input noise.
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ProBus Probe Adapter for TekProbe-BNC Probes
TPA10
- Allows TekProbe interface level II probes to work with any ProBus-equipped Teledyne LeCroy oscilloscope- Automatic probe detection- Provides all necessary power and offset control to the attached probe- Supports probes up to 4 GHz- Easy firmware updates- Wide variety of probes supported including: Preamplifiers, Current Probes, Single-Ended Active Probes and Differential Active Probes
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FieldFox Handheld Microwave Spectrum Analyzer, 9 GHz
N9935B
A lightweight, durable, microwave spectrum analyzer, interference analyzer, distance-tracking generator, preamplifier, power meter, and more.
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ELT STALKER Vector-finder
VF-121
The Vector-Finder Types VF-121 and VF 121A are unique in the Vector-finder series of direction finding antennas. They incorporate a proven design, electro statically shielded loop sensing element with modern solid state low noise analog and digital technology to allow detection and location of aircraft band signals. Both the VF-121 and the VF 121A incorporate a unique digital modulator which allows the user to more easily home-in on unmodulated carriers. Such cases occur at airports when transmitter may be accidentally keyed on during aircraft overnight layovers. The VF-121 is specifically designed to be used on airport premises where signal strengths are high. To compensate for very strong signals, an integral attenuator is also incorporated to allow the user to operate the unit close-in to aircraft. The VF-121A differs in that a high gain, low-noise preamplifier is utilized with the sensing element in order to hunt signals that may be weak or at a distance. The unit is ideally suited for the location of ELT transmitters in the field. Both units are tunable over the 118 MHz to 130 MHz aircraft frequencies and interface directly to the user’s aircraft band receiver or transceiver via the antenna jack. With the antenna system connected to the receiver, the user will hear the desired signal. If the signal is unmodulated, the digital modulator will generate a tone on the carrier. When the handheld unit is rotated about, an audible null on the received signal or the generated tone will be heard. This null aligns with the axis of the equipment case and represents the direction of the received signal. This direction may be read from the black dial compass mounted on the top of the enclosure. As the response is bi-directional, triangulation may be used to determine the true bearing when the true direction is not known.
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(40×70×12mm) Full Function Single Channel Small Form Factor Pre-Amplifier EDFA Module
SPA4300-FM01
Hangzhou Huatai Optic Tech. Co., Ltd.
SPA4300-FM01 is a full-function single channel Pre-Amplifier EDFA module with digital control electronics, adopts subminiature 40×70×12mm compact package, combined with artistic package and best optic performance, creating the best flexible and variable low-cost amplifier in the market. This module is suitable for multiple network application, especially the application that requires 40GB/S transmission speed.
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Current Preamplifier
1641
The Model 1641 Current Preamplifier is a simple low cost wideband gain block for use with photomultipliers
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PXIe-5668, Up to 26.5 GHz PXI Vector Signal Analyzer
783156-02
Up to 26.5 GHz PXI Vector Signal Analyzer - The PXIe‑5668 offers wide bandwidth with high-performance measurement performance and speed. It meets the challenging requirements of applications such as wireless communications, radio frequency integrated circuit characterization, RADAR test, and spectrum monitoring and signal intelligence. With its implementation as a PXI instrument, the PXIe‑5668 also features the fast measurement speed required for high-volume manufacturing test, and multi-instrument synchronization capabilities for phase-coherent MIMO test. You can use the optionally included PXIe-5698 preamplifier to improve dynamic range and sensitivity near the instrument noise floor.
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PXIe-5668, Up to 26.5 GHz PXI Vector Signal Analyzer
783124-02
Up to 26.5 GHz PXI Vector Signal Analyzer - The PXIe‑5668 offers wide bandwidth with high-performance measurement performance and speed. It meets the challenging requirements of applications such as wireless communications, radio frequency integrated circuit characterization, RADAR … test, and spectrum monitoring and signal intelligence. With its implementation as a PXI instrument, the PXIe‑5668 also features the fast measurement speed required for high-volume manufacturing test, and multi-instrument synchronization capabilities for phase-coherent MIMO test. You can use the optionally included PXIe-5698 preamplifier to improve dynamic range and sensitivity near the instrument noise floor.
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PXIe-5668, Up to 26.5 GHz PXI Vector Signal Analyzer
783156-03
Up to 26.5 GHz PXI Vector Signal Analyzer - The PXIe‑5668 offers wide bandwidth with high-performance measurement performance and speed. It meets the challenging requirements of applications such as wireless communications, radio frequency integrated circuit characterization, RADAR test, and spectrum monitoring and signal intelligence. With its implementation as a PXI instrument, the PXIe‑5668 also features the fast measurement speed required for high-volume manufacturing test, and multi-instrument synchronization capabilities for phase-coherent MIMO test. You can use the optionally included PXIe-5698 preamplifier to improve dynamic range and sensitivity near the instrument noise floor.
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Microphone Preamplifier
426B03
Performance: Nominal Microphone Diameter:1/4"Frequency Response: (0.1 dB) (re 1 kHz)5 to 126000 Hz5 to 126000 Hz Frequency Response
