PSA2-6+ RF Amplifier by Mini Circuits The PSA2-6+ from Mini-Circuits is a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) that operates from DC to 7 GHz. It provides a gain of up to 22.2 dB with a noise figure of less than 3.2 dB and has a P1dB of 5.6 dBm. This amplifier is fabricated using GaAs HBT technology and...

Measurement of Amplifier Additive Phase Modulation Noise (APM) Part 1: Background & Theory Optimum APM Test Configuration "In our efforts to properly characterize the Additive Phase Modulation Noise (APM) and Additive Amplitude Modulation Noise (AAM) performance of MMIC amplifiers in our labs, Mini-Circuits is careful to consider the performance capabilities and limitations of our phase...

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...