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A Guide to Surface-Mount Assembly
What automated soldering methods can be considered for Mini-Circuits surface-mount components? There are two basic methods: reflow and wave soldering. Read more about the benefits and purposes of

Impact of Date Code Age Restrictions on Quality, Service, and Value
Extensive studies done by industry leaders, NASA and the U.S. military have shown substantial evidence that in modern storage environments, time intervals of five years or longer between ...
New Mini-Circuits Website Design Enhances Usability, Accessibility, and Convenience
The fourth major redesign of minicircuits.com since it launched in 1995 provides customers and visitors with a new level of usability, accessibility, and convenience. The site upgrade is part of ...
New Reflectionless High Pass Filters Provide Passbands to 30 GHz in 2x2mm QFN Packages
Mini-Circuits' revolutionary XHF2-series of reflectionless high pass filters eliminates signal reflections and enables dramatic improvements in system performance. Covering a variety of passbands

Finding a Win-Win: The Dilemma of Consolidation
On the surface, consolidation may look like a win-win for the stakeholders involved, but it comes with a hidden cost, and unfortunately, customers are getting stuck with the bill.
Extra-Long Life Absorptive Electromechanical SP4T Switches, +12VDC, DC to 18 GHz
Mini-Circuits has added two new models to our popular line of absorptive electromechanical switches, controlled by a +12VDC with 0.2 dB insertion loss, 90 dB isolation, and extra-long switch life
Mini-Circuits Achieves Total Defect Rate Less than 3 DPPM for 3Q 2016
Mini-Circuits is proud to announce that we have achieved a defect rate of less than 3 DPPM over millions of units shipped in the third quarter of 2016.

Small Quantity Tape and Reel Splicing
Several years ago, Mini-Circuits CEO, Harvey Kaylie identified a void in the market: customers who were unable to justify purchasing a full-reel quantity of surface-mount components, but wanted ...
Mini-Circuits Expands Selection of LTCC Bandpass Filters
Mini-Circuits has expanded our selection of low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) bandpass filters with 4 new models in tiny 1206 packages with high reliability and excellent repeatability.
Connectorized 2-Way 0° Splitter/Combiner Handles up to 35W, 500 to 10500 MHz
Mini-Circuits' ZN2PD2-14W+ SMA connectorized 2-way 0° splitter/combiner provides power handling up to 35W as a splitter (1W as a combiner) for a wide range of applications from 500 to 10500 MHz.
Surface Mount Voltage Variable Attenuator Provides >30 dB Attenuation Range from 2000 to 6000 MHz
Mini-Circuits' RVA-6000+ surface mount voltage variable attenuator provides a control voltage range from 0 to 12V with attenuation from 4 up to 37 dB with minimal phase deviation over its full ...
Rugged 100W Power Amplifier Module, 700 to 2700 MHz
Mini-Circuits' ZHL-100W-272+ high-power amplifier module provides 48 dB gain with 1.7 dB flatness across its entire operating bandwidth, +50 dBm IP3, and 89 dB reverse isolation. The amplifier ...