Fiber-Span Launches DelaySpan Family Of RF-On-Fiber Delay Lines

Piscataway, NJ -- Fiber-Span has announced the launch of its new DelaySpan family of fiber optic delay lines. Leveraging Fiber-Span's RF ON FIBER technology, the fixed and programmable products address the need for high-performance, low-cost delay lines that span from the HF range to microwave to frequencies greater than 18 GHz.

Fiber-Span's DelaySpan products are scalable and fully integrated subsystems and solutions, designed to replace traditional coaxial cable and SAW delay lines.

"SAW delay lines have narrow bandwidths, while coax lines are bulky and suffer from frequency roll-off as higher delay times and frequencies are required," said Jay Darish, senior applications engineer at Fiber-Span. "Our improved high-performance wideband fiber optic delay line combines flat frequency response, low transmission loss, and low triple transit times to offer a family of products that transcend normal constraints."

Ron Fulton, director of global sales for Fiber-Span, commented: "Our defense and commercial customers are constantly looking for weight and size reduction, improved performance over temperature, higher precision and of course more economical solutions than coaxial or SAW-based systems can deliver today. We see a growing demand, particularly in the radar calibration, simulation equipment and testing suites markets, for rugged, flexible platforms that can save implementation time and space and give nanosecond delay time resolution at very economical prices."

Fiber-Span is aggressively expanding its global footprint and product portfolio to meet continuing demand for multi-functional and intelligent applications with low-cost, high-performance transceivers, transmitters, receiver modules, and subsystem solutions.

Source: Fiber-Span