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From Revolutionary to Tragedy: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American electrical engineer best known for having invented foundational electronic circuits still used in moder radio, radar and television. These inventions ...
The Unsung Hero: Life & Legacy of Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside was a British, self-taught mathematician, physicist and electrical engineer who, although made great contributions to both mathematics and telegraphy, flew under the radar and is
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How to Optimize TSS-43ULN+ MMIC LNA Performance across 1.5–3.8 GHz
Mini-Circuits' TSS-43ULN+ is an ultra-low noise MMIC amplifier designed for wideband receiver applications, featuring a 0.4 dB noise figure, 19 dB gain, and a power-saving fast shutdown. It ...
RF CMOS Breakthroughs: Jim Cable on Peregrine, Murata, & the CMOS Switch Revolution
In the premiere episode of Above the Noise, host Pat interviews Jim Cable, the semiconductor leader behind Peregrine’s RF CMOS breakthroughs. Jim recounts developing silicon-on-sapphire and SOI ...
Classical RF Filters: Selecting the Right Solution from Lumped Elements to High-Q Cavities
While all filters perform the same fundamental function—passing desired frequencies while rejecting unwanted ones—the technology used to implement the filter has a significant impact on key ...
Low Phase Noise 33 GHz Signal Generator
Mini-Circuits' SSG-33GHP-RC is a compact wideband signal generator covering 100 MHz to 33 GHz with up to +23 dBm output power, making it ideal for characterizing millimeter-wave components and ...
Application Notes: Band-Optimized Implementations of a MMIC LNA with Shut Down
An ultra-low NF MMIC LNA, the TSS-23ULN+ is shown to be versatile enough to be designed into the 380-480 MHz, 700-800 MHz and 950-1700 MHz bands of operation. To support users’ product selection ...
Introducing the Mini-Circuits Research Hub
We're excited to share a new resource with the RF and microwave community. The Mini-Circuits Research Hub is now live — a curated library of over 7,000 peer-reviewed academic publications and ...