Articles by Mini-Circuits

The 315-1460 MHz 2way-90° HPQ splitter series from Mini-Circuits delivers a new level of price/performance value in a miniature 0.200"" square surface mount package. Isolation ranges from 19-26 dB typical and insertion loss is 0.17-0.30 dB (typ) with excellent amplitude-phase unbalance and Input-output VSWR.

The Mini-Circuits ZHL-100W-GAN+ is a 20 to 500 MHz, 100 W coaxial high power GaN amplifier featuring high efficiency and high IP2/IP3. It utilizes a high power GaN output stage, which offers higher efficiency (50 percent typical) than its GaAs, LDMOS and VDMOS counterparts. The ZHL-100W-GAN+ is an unconditionally...

Mini-Circuits , Brooklyn, NY, was recognized by Rockwell Collins as its top supplier for 2010 when it was presented with the President’s Award by Jeff Moore, Senior Vice President of Operations, during the company’s Annual Supplier Conference. For 27 years, the Rockwell Collins President’s Award has served as an...

Mini-Circuits introduces model SYM-63LH+, an ultra broadband double balanced mixer that utilizes core and wire transformers and a diode quad in a ring configuration. The transformers are designed to provide ultra wide bandwidth using simulation software together with Mini-Circuits proprietary transformer technology. These mixers provide an IF response from...

Mini-Circuits announces its new high pass filter HFCV-145+, an LTCC-based 7 section design that extends the lower frequency cut-off range of the existing HFCN series to 145 MHz. Systems that previously relied on active or lumped element filtering to support these lower frequencies can save power and system complexity...

Mini-Circuits PHA-1+ ultra high dynamic range MMIC amplifier supports low intermodulation amplification over the broad frequency range of 50 MHz to 6 GHz. This design provides a unique combination of high output IP3 (typically +42 dBm) while maintaining a noise figure less than 3 dB up to 4 GHz...

A series of wideband 50 ? coaxial test cables has been introduced that feature extra rugged construction with integrated strain relief for longer life. The CBL-series Coaxial-Flex test cables are designed for use from DC to 18 GHz and are useful over a temperature range of –55° to +105°C....

Double-balanced mixers are used extensively in transmitters and receivers. For frequencies above 5 GHz the designs are normally realized using strip line and microstrip techniques. This is because distributed element baluns become smaller in size and more attractive for design as the frequency increases. Semiconductor-based mixers are the most...

Double-balanced mixers are used extensively in transmitters and receivers. For frequencies below 5 GHz, the designs are normally realized using ferrite-based transformers, because they are very compact and their technology is mature. As the operating frequency increases, distributed element baluns become smaller in size and more attractive. Semiconductor-based mixers...

ON THE COVER Low Cost Directional Couplers Mini-Circuits Brooklyn, NY Ever expanding applications of RF and microwaves for wireless and cable applications have revived the development efforts of components at these frequencies. There is a continuing demand to reduce size and cost, and to improve performance and quality at...