by minicircuitsadmin | Jul 6, 2021 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources, Measurement Methods & Techniques
Shradha Basil, Mini-Circuits Applications In a previous article titled “Additive Phase Noise in Amplifiers,” we covered: the basic definitions of additive phase noise, the reasons it’s such an important parameter for many communication systems, and newly available...
by minicircuitsadmin | Jun 9, 2021 | Amplifiers, Attenuators, Directional Couplers, Engineering Resources, Filters, Fixed Attenuators / Terminations, Frequency Doublers, Frequency Mixers, Power Splitters / Combiners, RF Transformers, Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques, Switches
Radhakrishna Setty, Technical Advisor Introduction Semiconductors are ubiquitous in modern society. In addition to microprocessors for computing technologies, they are used in practically every active wireless communications system including cell phone towers, cell...
by minicircuitsadmin | Apr 10, 2021 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
Why does phase noise matter? Consider the quadrature direct conversion receiver in Figure 1. Designers typically focus on the phase noise of the LO to determine the overall phase noise performance for a receiver. In the case of a direct conversion receiver, the LO...
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 | Jun 12, 2019 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources, Filters, Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
Abstract After many years of research and development, electrical engineers, physicists, mathematicians and scientists have come to realize the benefits of operating communications systems at higher frequencies. Some of the most notable advances stemming from this...
by minicircuitsadmin | Dec 7, 2018 | Amplifiers, Attenuators, Engineering Resources
I. Introduction Equalizers are devices used to compensate for negative gain slope in the frequency response of a wide variety of RF systems. Unlike a standard attenuator with a flat frequency response, an equalizer is a unique kind of attenuator which exhibits lower...
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