Does this RF switch Bi-Directonal?

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Hi,

I'm trying to figure out whether this RF switch is Bi-Directonal, i.e. whether it transfers RF signal from selected input to output AND from output to selected input.

P/N: CCR-33S3O
Description: SPDT, 12V FAILSAFE, DC-18GHZ
Datasheet: **broken link removed**)

Can you tell whether it's bi-directional or not?

Thank you very much.
 
Your link appears to be busted.

But yes, the relay is bi-directional. The high frequency wiggly zigglies can pass through in either direction.

JimB
(In frivolous mood)
 
Hi Jim,
Thanks!

How could you tell that it is bi-directional?
Did they specify it in datasheet? as I didn't see any hint for that.
 
It is a relay, an electromechanical relay.

The connections are done with bits of metal making ohmic* contacts.
Trust me, it is just a relay and like any other relay, the contacts don't care which way the current flows.

JimB

*AAAHHHHH, lets not start another discussion on ohms law!
 
Hi Jim,
Thanks a lot!

I have one additional question please, which I did not quite understand from datasheet.

This is a similar RF Switch - CCRT-33S3O - only that the N.O. and N.C. ports are terminated with 50Ω resistors.
(Datasheet: https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2012/04/CCRT-33FS.pdf )
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For some reason, they gave the Power handling of the Not-Terminated RF Switch:
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Does it mean that in the DC-3GHz range, each of the IN, N.C. and N.O. ports can handle 80W?



Thank you again!
 
Does it mean that in the DC-3GHz range, each of the IN, N.C. and N.O. ports can handle 80W?
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Yes.

To be more specific, it means that the relay will pass 80watts from the IN port to the selected port NO or NC.

The port which is not selected is terminated with a resistor which can dissipate a maximum ot 2 watts.

JimB
 
wiggly zigglies ? lol. They must of covered that term in the class I slept through.
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Yes, you at the back!

Pay attention!

JimB
 
Mikebits said:
wiggly zigglies ? lol. They must of covered that term in the class I slept through.
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yes, and the SWR bridge is so the SWRs can cross from one port to the other....... you must have slept through that class too....
 
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