by minicircuitsadmin | Mar 26, 2021 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
How Power Amplifier Classes Work Power amplifiers (PAs) boost input signals using different amplification schemes depending upon application requirements and the nature of the signals to be boosted. Signals may be continuous wave (CW) or many forms of pulsed...
by minicircuitsadmin | Feb 26, 2021 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources, Power Splitters / Combiners, Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
Erick Olsen, Radha Setty and Chris Simmonds High-performance, millimeter-wave (mmW) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) products and cost-effective surface mount lead-frame-based packaging typically don’t come up in the same conversation, and for good...
by minicircuitsadmin | Jan 24, 2021 | Cables, Engineering Resources
Introduction Selecting the right RF/microwave cable assembly can be a confusing task considering the variety of products on the market and the multiple characteristics of each. Adding to the challenge, many products don’t lend themselves to a straightforward,...
by minicircuitsadmin | Nov 20, 2020 | Engineering Resources, Filters
Designers are finding new techniques to improve system performance with Mini-Circuits’ patented reflectionless filters all the time. Among these, supplementing anti-alias filters in wideband ADCs to minimize the effect of switching transients has recently...
by minicircuitsadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Directional Couplers, Engineering Resources
Urvashi SengalApplications Engineer, Mini-Circuits Directional couplers are an important type of signal processing device. Their basic function is to sample RF signals at a predetermined degree of coupling, with high isolation between the signal ports and the sampled...
by minicircuitsadmin | Sep 24, 2020 | Engineering Resources, Power Splitters / Combiners
Denis Loxha, Mini-Circuits Applications Introduction A Power Splitter/Combiner is a passive device that can be used for two reciprocal functions: a single signal may be divided into multiple outputs, or in the opposite direction, multiple input signals are combined...
