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Electronic Attenuators
A useful feature of Mini-Circuits' electronic attenuators is the ability for either a positive or negative control current to provide the same amount of attenuation between input and output; this
Directional Couplers
The directional couplers offered by Mini-Circuits are designed for both commercial and military applications. All models are available in plug-in, flat-pack, surface mount, and connectorized SMA,
Phase Locked Loop Fundamentals
The basic form of a phase locked loop (PLL) consists of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a phase detector (PD), and a filter. In its more general form, the PLL may also contain a mixer and ...
High Performance, Low Cost, Surface-Mount Quadrature Couplers
Mini-Circuits has developed series of high performance 3 dB quadrature couplers. These products exhibit low insertion loss, amplitude unbalance and phase unbalance with good isolation covering ...
Do It Yourself Low-Cost Directional Couplers
There is a continuing demand to reduce the cost and increase the performance and quality at the same time. Mini-Circuits is working to satisfy these goals and has introduced a new directional ...
Statistical Process Control
How does one get more competitive? The answer is simple. Exceed your customers’ needs and expectations. Provide, in the manner required by the customer, a quality product at low cost, on time, ...
PGA-102+: LTE Performance vs Output Power
Mini-Circuits PGA-102+ High Dynamic Range MMIC Amplifier is designed specifically for applications which require high linear performance, particularly wideband, advanced digital communications ...
YSF-322+: LTE Performance vs. Output Power
Mini-Circuits YSF-322+ high dynamic range MSiP amplifier is designed specifically for applications which require high linear performance, advanced digital communications systems such as LTE which
Terms and Definitions: Amplifiers
All the terms you need to know to use Amplifiers effectively.
The Prevention and Control of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
We experience occurrences of static electricity everyday. While this sudden discharge of static electricity does not result in any harm to the human body, it can be very damaging to electronic ...
Automated Compression Measurements Using Network Analyzers
The dynamic range of an amplifier is determined by noise figure and compression. Since, conventional compression measurements are error prone and tedious, multi-channel and power sweep ...
Synthesizer Design
The design example covered here is an 800 to 900 MHz synthesizer in 100 kHz steps with a minimum output power of 10 mW across the band. Mini-Circuits model POS-1060, a low noise voltage ...