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The Anti-Parallel Series Pair Limiter Topology
For more than 6 decades PIN diode limiters have served to enhance the robustness of RF receivers. The anti-parallel configuration is a very popular choice because its insertion loss, recovery ...
Wishing Rocky DeFreitas a Happy & Fulfilling 50th Anniversary with Mini-Circuits
Our team from across our New York locations convened at our facility on Neptune Avenue in Brooklyn to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our long-standing team member, Rocky DeFreitas. Current ...
Mini‑Circuits Missouri Heats Things Up with Annual Chili Cook‑Off & Dessert Challenge
Mini Circuits Missouri turned up the heat—and the sweetness—with our much anticipated Annual Chili Cook Off and Dessert Challenge. This favorite tradition once again brought members together for ...
Our Members are the Heartbeat of Our Company
On February 19, Mini-Circuits showed its heartfelt thanks to its members with our annual Heart Health Awareness event. The event is aimed at creating awareness to heart health and educating our ...
Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (CCDF) in Modern Modulation Measurements
As utilization of wireless communications hs accelerated over the past few years, the push to make efficient use of the limited amount of spectrum available has led to the development of more ...
How Loops and Probes Couple to Cavity Filters
Cavity filters are ubiquitous today, and they are not new to the world of RF and microwave engineering. Cavity filters have been around for almost 80 years, since Fano and Lawson completed their ...
50W µCeramIQ® Couplers in Tiny SMT Package
Mini-Circuits’ µCeramIQ® high-power coupler series delivers an uncommon combination of 50W power handling and a tiny, surface-mountable LTCC monolith. Designed for systems where SWAP requirements
Application Notes: Band-Optimized Implementations of a MMIC LNA with Shut Down
An ultra-low NF MMIC LNA, the TSS-23ULN+ is shown to be versatile enough to be designed into the 380-480 MHz, 700-800 MHz and 950-1700 MHz bands of operation. To support users’ product selection ...
>70 dB Rejection µCeramIQ High Pass Filters
Our innovative high-rejection µCeramIQ filter line continues to redefine what’s possible in a variety of applications, giving designers outstanding filter rejection and selectivity at a fraction ...
Product Highlight: ZVA-24443HP+ Ka-Band Amplifier (24 – 43.5 GHz) with 47 dB Gain and 2.2 dB Noise
In this product highlight, Mini-Circuits Product Line Engineering Manager, Dan Ford shares an overview of the ZVA-24443HP+ Ka-Band Amplifier, supporting applications from 24 to 43.5 GHz with high
1.5×1.5mm MMIC Slope Equalizers
Mini-Circuits has expanded its EQY-series GaAs MMIC gain equalizers with new models operating from DC to 12 GHz in ultra-compact 1.5 x 1.5 mm QFN-style package. Available in a wide selection of ...
SATCOM Shifts Reference Frequency from 10 to 100 MHz – A System Perspective
Over the last decade, the satellite communications (SATCOM) industry has been evolving to support both wider channel bandwidths (BWs) and higher order modulations such as higher order quadrature ...