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Mini-Circuits Butler Matrices Enable Repeatable 5G and Wi-Fi MIMO Beamforming and Multipath Testing

Mini-Circuits has released a family of high-performance Butler matrices, designed to help engineers reproduce controlled RF phase relationships and multipath propagation conditions in laboratory and production test environments. Covering key ...

GaN Balanced Amplifier Design Spans a 6.6:1 Bandwidth

The very first commercially viable GaN devices from Japan began hitting the shores of the USA in 2004. After more than 22 years, GaN devices continue to drive new SWaP-C metrics for RF, microwave and millimeter wave transmission equipment. GaN amplifiers are a mainstay in many commercial and defense applications and take on many forms such as highly integrated monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), multi-chip modules (MCMs), Systems-in-Packages (SIPs), and chip-and-wire hybrid modules (Hybrids).

Mini-Circuits Introduces Mini-Bench™ RF Measurement Platform for Streamlined Power Sensor Testing

Mini-Circuits, a global supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter-wave components and test solutions, will introduce Mini-Bench™, a new RF test and measurement software platform designed to simplify instrument setup, improve workflow efficiency ...

Wideband 2–6 GHz LO Driver Amplifier Behavioral Modeling and Design for Minimum Additive Phase Noise

Purpose and Design Context This application note presents a methodology for modeling and designing a wideband 2–6 GHz local-oscillator (LO) driver amplifier with the objective of minimizing additive phase noise (APN). The initial design ...

Improved RF Ceramic Resonator Filters with Smaller Footprint

RF filter innovations in compact systems As RF systems become smaller and more densely integrated, designers face a familiar engineering challenge. In particular, they must reduce component size without sacrificing the electrical performance ...

Cascading LTCC Filters in a 20 GHz LO Driver

This article focuses on mitigating high harmonic levels and spurious emissions for both the 10 GHz fundamental frequency and the doubler output of 20 GHz by cascading tiny LTCC filter components together and combining them with MMIC amplifiers to notionally drive a level 15 mixer. Read on to find out how effective these tiny LTCC filter components can be in reducing LO harmonic content.

Cost-Effective Test Tools for Wi-Fi Measurement

Lee Whiting, Product Manager for Test Solutions, shows how to perform Wi-Fi testing with a low-cost setup using a power sensor and signal generator (Mini-Circuits' SSG Series). This reduces costs and benchtop clutter while delivering lab-quality measurements. Find out more here (Power Sensors): https://www.minicircuits.com/WebStore/RF-Smart-Power-Sensors.html Find out more here (Signal Generators): https://www.minicircuits.com/WebStore.... About Mini-Circuits: Mini-Circuits is the world’s preferred supplier of RF and microwave components and systems. With 14 design, manufacturing and sales locations in nine countries, as well as hundreds of sales channel partners worldwide, Mini-Circuits offers 27 product lines comprising over 10,000 active models. Over 20,000 customers choose Mini-Circuits for the demanding quality standards, world-class customer support, on-time delivery and value pricing that have earned the industry’s trust for over 50 years. More from Mini-Circuits: Visit Mini-Circuits’ website: https://www.minicircuits.com/ Like Mini-Circuits on Facebook: / minicircuits Follow with Mini-Circuits on LinkedIn: / mini-circuits Follow Mini-Circuits on X: / minicircuits Follow Mini-Circuits on Instagram: / minicircuits

Two-Tone Signal Source for Amplifier Linearity Testing

Lee Whiting, Product Manager for Test Solutions, shows how to perform a two-tone amplifier linearity test with a low-cost setup using a 2-channel signal generator (Mini-Circuits' SSG-Series), a power combiner connected to the amplifier DUT, and a spectrum analyzer to monitor the output. This reduces costs and benchtop clutter while delivering lab-quality measurements. Find out more here: https://www.minicircuits.com/WebStore/RF-Synthesized-Signal-Generators.html. About Mini-Circuits: Mini-Circuits is the world’s preferred supplier of RF and microwave components and systems. With 14 design, manufacturing and sales locations in nine countries, as well as hundreds of sales channel partners worldwide, Mini-Circuits offers 27 product lines comprising over 10,000 active models. Over 20,000 customers choose Mini-Circuits for the demanding quality standards, world-class customer support, on-time delivery and value pricing that have earned the industry’s trust for over 50 years. More from Mini-Circuits: Visit Mini-Circuits’ website: https://www.minicircuits.com/ Like Mini-Circuits on Facebook: / minicircuits Follow with Mini-Circuits on LinkedIn: / mini-circuits Follow Mini-Circuits on X: / minicircuits Follow Mini-Circuits on Instagram: / minicircuits

AN-50-018: Building a High-Performance S-band Upconverter with Mini-Circuits Components

A frequency upconverter is used to shift a signal’s frequency to a higher frequency so that the signal can be efficiently transmitted. Frequency upconverters are often built as complex integrated assemblies that consist of various components, including amplifiers, filters, mixers, etc. In this application note, we show how a high-performance S-band upconverter can be designed exclusively using components from Mini-Circuits. To validate the performance, measured data is shown at the conclusion.

5 Benchtop Switch Modules up to 67 GHz

Mini-Circuits’ RCMX Series Mechanical Switch Assemblies contains pairs of latching electro-mechanical SPDT to SP8T switches operating over a wide bandwidth from DC up to 67 GHz with high isolation and low insertion loss. Each switch is absorptive / internally terminated with a break-before-make configuration and a typical lifetime of 2 million switching cycles.

Introduction to the SSG-9GD-RC: Dual Channel, 10 MHz-9 GHz Signal Generator

Lee Whiting, Product Manager for Test Solutions, provides an overview of the SSG-9GD-RC, a dual-channel, 10 MHz-9 GHz signal generator with output power to +21 dBm. This cost-effective generator has CW, pulsed, AM, FM & chirp outputs, a compact design for benchtop use, power over Ethernet (PoE), and can daisy-chain for multi-module dynamic control. Find out more here: https://www.minicircuits.com/WebStore/dashboard.html?model=SSG-9GD-RC About Mini-Circuits: Mini-Circuits is the world’s preferred supplier of RF and microwave components and systems. With 14 design, manufacturing and sales locations in nine countries, as well as hundreds of sales channel partners worldwide, Mini-Circuits offers 27 product lines comprising over 10,000 active models. Over 20,000 customers choose Mini-Circuits for the demanding quality standards, world-class customer support, on-time delivery and value pricing that have earned the industry’s trust for over 50 years. More from Mini-Circuits: Visit Mini-Circuits’ website: https://www.minicircuits.com/ Like Mini-Circuits on Facebook: / minicircuits Follow with Mini-Circuits on LinkedIn: / mini-circuits Follow Mini-Circuits on X: / minicircuits Follow Mini-Circuits on Instagram: / minicircuits

GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers

Mini-Circuits has powered-up our MMIC product line with broadband-matched GaN MMIC amplifiers that exhibit excellent robustness and efficiency. The GNA series features two innovative models with up to 8W of RF output power and 47% power-added efficiency.