by minicircuitsadmin | Apr 5, 2022 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
Mini-Circuits has a longstanding legacy of fully specifying the thermal performance of our amplifiers, with or without a Mini-Circuits-supplied heatsink. Recently, it has become so commonplace for custom heatsinks to be utilized with Mini-Circuits power amplifiers...
by minicircuitsadmin | Mar 25, 2022 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources, Equalizers
The need for equalization has become commonplace throughout the RF/microwave/millimeter wave frequency ranges. Modern military, satellite and wireless communications systems transmit and receive signals with relatively high instantaneous bandwidths. Gain variation...
by minicircuitsadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
Kit Cox, Field Applications Engineer, Mini-Circuits Japan Background: Why the LNA Matters A low-noise amplifier (LNA), which Mini-Circuits defines as any amplifier with a noise figure (NF) below 3 dB, should usually be used at the front end of an RF or microwave...
by minicircuitsadmin | Dec 8, 2021 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
Radha Setty, Technical Advisor, Mini-Circuits Introduction Prior to the invention of the transistor, telephone exchanges were built using bulky vacuum tubes and mechanical relays. Bell Labs engineers were tasked with developing the transistor (a portmanteau of...
by minicircuitsadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
Anirudh Venkatesan, Mini-Circuits Engineering The advent of 5G networks has already begun ushering in a whole new generation of wireless devices and applications, and device manufacturers are racing to be the first to market. In order to meet the 5G standard for...
by minicircuitsadmin | Nov 16, 2021 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
Anirudh Venkatesan, Mini-Circuits Engineering Amplifiers are used in RF systems to boost the power level of a signal. Conventional RF amplifiers are designed using reactive elements to achieve matching to the characteristic impedance of a circuit within the specified...
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