by minicircuitsadmin | May 26, 2015 | Engineering Resources, Phase Detectors, Q/A
Q. Among Mini-Circuits products, what is the difference between a phase detector and a double-balanced mixer (DBM)? A. They are physically similar, but each type of product is specified on its data sheets in accordance with its principal application. The range of DBMs...
by minicircuitsadmin | Apr 30, 2015 | Engineering Resources, Phase Detectors
Mini-Circuits high efficiency phase detectors are the only units in the world offering a figure-of-merit greater than 125. The figure-of-merit (M), or efficiency of a phase detector can be defined as the ratio of maximum DC output voltage (in mV) divided by the RF...
by minicircuitsadmin | Mar 14, 2015 | Engineering Resources, Phase Detectors, Terms
Phase detector Provides a DC output voltage proportional to the difference in phase between two RF input signals. A double-balanced mixer can perform as a phase detector when the LO and RF signal inputs are at the same frequency. DC offset The small amount of voltage...
