Cross Technologies
Inc
6170 Shiloh Road
Alpharetta,
GA 30005
USA
tel: +1 770 886 8005
fax: +1 770 886 7964
email:
info@crosstechnologies.com
url: http://www.crosstechnologies.com
Cross Technologies, Inc. designs and
manufactures standard and custom products for the satellite communications,
broadcast, cable television (CATV), and general communications industries. We
are geared to provide quality, economical, custom products to meet your
specific needs, and are able to design and ship custom products as quickly as
within 5 weeks of your order. Our broad expertise ranges from DC to 14 GHz in
RF, video, data, analog and digital modulation, alarm and control, as well as
other areas. Our goal is to design and build superior quality products with a
great emphasis on customer satisfaction. Below is a list of the types of
products that we generally produce.
Frequency
Converters
Cross offers a variety of upconverters, downconverters,
and combo up/downconverters. We have solutions for applications up to 14 GHz
with tuning options as low as 1kHz steps. Other options include SSPB/LNB power,
±0.1 ppm high stability internal references (±1 ppm standard),
RS-485 remote interface (RS-232 standard), and a wide range of
connector/impedance combinations to suit your needs.
Protection
Switches
Cross provides both data and RF switches for a variety of
applications. Most protection switches provide Auto, Manual or Remote relay
switching between two or more channels. Frequencies range from DC up to 6.5GHz.
Our protection switches are powered by redundant power supplies, and a wide
range of connector/impedance combinations are available to suit your
needs.
Precision Frequency Sources
Cross offers precision
10MHz, 25MHz, and 100MHz frequency sources that use ±0.01ppm high
stability oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXO). Some models include the
option to allow a single external frequency reference to pass through with
adjustable gain. This is selected either manually or remotely. Other models
insert 10MHz reference frequency and DC voltage on L-band lines that connect to
a LNB or SSPB.
Splitters/Combiners
Cross splitters and
combiners are available in a wide variety of arrangements. The 1584 series are
available as splitters in arrays of 4x4-way, 2x8-way, and 1x16-way, and as
combiners in arrays of 2x8-way and 1x16-way. Redundant power supply
configurations which include LNB power insertion (splitters only) are
available. The 284 series splitters are bench-top units available in 4-way and
9-way models with or without LNB power.
Test
Converters
Test up and downconverters are intended to be used for
converting "clean" signals (having only the desired frequency) in test
situations (see APPLICATION NOTE). Most are powered by the DC voltage from the
LNB. Wall mount power supplies are optional, and most can be powered by the
2000-01 Power Supply. Test converters are housed in a bench top chassis, and
most can be mounted on an optional 1RU rack panel.
Subcarrier
Products
Cross offers subcarrier products for inserting FM,
MTS/BTSC, or FSK signals over video. The video signals are connected with no
loading via a passive directional coupler or resistive high impedance. Cross'
subcarrier products include the former subcarrier product line of Tectan, Inc.
which was acquired in 1998.
Other Products
Cross' wide
variety of additional products work well with Cross frequency converters,
switches, frequency sources, test converters and so on to provide many unique
solutions to the satellite industry's needs. Some of the other products Cross
offers include numerous power supplies (±15VDC, +18VDC, LNB, SSPB), an
IF Processor (Switch/Splitter with AGC), a 70MHz Noise Source, and a 70MHz
Frequency Source.