UHF to mmWave Cavity Filter Solutions 300 MHz TO 50 GHz, Cavity Filters, High Rejection & Selectivity Cavity filters achieve much higher Q, steeper rejection skirts, and higher power handling than other filter technologies, such as ceramic resonator filters, and are utilized where low passband insertion loss and high rejection of neighboring channels/spurious emissions are...

Mini-Circuits Introduces Cost-Effective mmWave Signal Generator from 100 MHz to 44 GHz Mini-Circuits has introduced a wideband RF signal generator that operates from 100 MHz to 44 GHz. The SSG-44G-RC generator is ideal for characterizing millimeter wave (mmWave) components and systems that are subjected to high power and offers a cost-effective testing approach. It has an outstanding combination of bandwidth,...

Ferdinand Braun: Father of the Phased Array & CRT Jacqueline Hochheiser, Corporate Communications The concept of the phased array antenna system was first put into practice by German Physicist Ferdinand Braun and his assistants in the spring of 1905. This invention led to the development of radar, smart antennas, and MIMO. Though his career was...

ALF-9000+ Low Pass RF Filter by Mini Circuits The ALF-9000+ from Mini-Circuits is a Low-Pass Filter (LPF) with a passband from DC to 9 GHz. It has a passband insertion loss of less than 1.7 dB and provides a stopband rejection of up to 43 dB. This LPF utilizes thin-film on alumina substrate, using a sputtering process...

Frequency Modulation Fundamentals Originally a Solution for Eliminating Static In the 1920s, many brilliant scientists applied themselves to the study of frequency modulation (FM). One of these scientists was a communications systems theorist who worked for AT&T named John Renshaw Carson. Carson performed a comprehensive analysis of FM in his 1922 paper which yielded the...

Mini-Circuits New Model Alert: 44 GHz Programmable Signal Generator 100 MHz to 44 GHz, Wideband Sig Gen, High-Quality, Cost-Effective mmWave Signal Source for Your Test Bench or ATE Mini-Circuits’ SSG-44G-RC is a 0.1 to 44 GHz signal source with an RF output range of -40 to +17 dBm with fine resolution. This model supports CW...

Mini-Circuits 50W SSPA with Built-In Signal Source & Control ISM RF ENERGY, 50W Signal Source, SSPA with Built-In Signal Generator & Controller The RFS-2G42G5050X+ takes Mini-Circuits’ robust line of solid state, connectorized, high-power amplifiers for RF energy to a new level by integrating the versatility of a signal generator with a 50W amplifier. The ruggedness...

M3SWA2-34DR RF Switch by Mini Circuits The M3SWA2-34DR+ from Mini-Circuits is a GaAs Absorptive SPDT Switch MMIC that operates from DC to 30 GHz. It has an insertion loss of 0.6 dB, provides more than 68 dB of isolation, and can handle an input power of 25.2 dBm. This switch has a rise time of 6.9 ns...

Mini-Circuits Offers a Range of Components Based on X-Microwave's X-MWblock® Drop-In Module Format Mini-Circuits has collaborated with X-Microwave to offer a broad range of its RF/microwave components based on X-Microwave’s X-MWblock drop-in module. X-Microwave offers a modular design system technology that is revolutionizing the RF and microwave industry. RF and Microwave engineers can use X-MWblock® modular building blocks to...

The Basics of Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) While traditional Frequency Division Multiplexing has been around for over 100 years, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) was first introduced by Robert W. Chang of Bell Laboratories in 1966.1,2,3,4 In OFDM, the stream of information is split between many closely-spaced, narrowband subcarriers instead of being relegated to a single...