by minicircuitsadmin | May 30, 2015 | Engineering Resources, VCOs
Introduction Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) are normally designed for operation into ideal 50Ω impedance. Actual loads into which they work are seldom ideal. It is a standard industry practice to measure the variation of the frequency when the VCO output is...
by minicircuitsadmin | May 28, 2015 | Engineering Resources, RF Transformers
Applications for RF Transformers RF transformers are widely used in electronic circuits for: Impedance matching to achieve maximum power transfer and to suppress undesired signal reflection.C voltage, current step-up or step-down.C DC isolation between circuits while...
by minicircuitsadmin | May 26, 2015 | Engineering Resources, RF Transformers
1 Introduction The purpose of this article is to describe the fundamentals of RF and microwave transformers and to provide guidelines to users in selecting proper transformer to suit their applications. It is limited to core-and-wire and LTCC transformers. 2 What is a...
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 | May 15, 2015 | Amplifiers, Engineering Resources
RF amplifiers are designed to be reliable when operated under specified conditions. They are used many applications because they provide maximum performance in characteristics such as frequency bandwidth, output power, and noise figure. To do this, amplifiers utilize...
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