Silvertone Electronics PCR4200 phase coherent receiver

The PCR4200 is a high-performance, 100 kHz to 20 GHz, four-channel, phase coherent receiver, streaming I/Q data over a VITA 49 interface.

Each channel on the receiver may be configured as a phase coherent channel using the high-performance shared local oscillator (LO), or independently tuned using that channel’s dedicated LO. Additionally, any single channel may be configured to provide swept spectrum data at up to 200 GHz/s. Other features include a built-in 30 MHz to 20 GHz vector signal generator to simplify system alignment and calibration, and an internal GPS to provide precise time, frequency and location.

The receiver is designed to stream 40 MHz bandwidth per channel over 10 GbE SPF+, with calibrated I/Q data. The receiver also features ultra-low phase noise, at –136 dBc/Hz, with 10 kHz offset from 1 GHz centre frequency. Suitable for simultaneous multi-band spectrum monitoring, the receiver has a 110 dB dynamic range and up to 16 phase coherent channels.

Other applications include emitter detection and geolocation, multi-channel transmitter testing, SIGINT/COMINT/ELINT, drone detection and MIMO channel testing.

The PCR4200 also excels at multi-channel, wide-band, simultaneous monitoring applications.