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Jun. 3, 2013

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Resistive Solutions Unveiled By Aeroflex/Inmet

Thin-film resistor products from the KDI Pyrofilm lines are being reintroduced as POWERFILM products at the Aeroflex/Inmet booth (No. 340)....More
May 31, 2013

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Simplify The Design Of Evanescent-Mode WG Filters

This series of equations can help speed the design of evanescent-mode waveguide filters for RF/microwave applications....More
May 21, 2013

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UWB Antenna Blocks Interference

An UWB antenna design includes several notches to guard against interference to existing wireless applications....More
May 15, 2013

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RF Inductors Are Not Magnetic

These miniature inductors are designed for applications where magnetism must be kept to a minimum, such as in medical x-ray machines...More
May 14, 2013

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Capacitors Channel Broad Bandwidths

Broadband capacitors are usable over wide operating-temperature ranges at frequencies as high as 50 GHz....More
May 14, 2013

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Resistors Handle High Power Levels

A line of low-inductance resistors includes components in a wide range of resistance values with power ratings as high as 1 W....More
May 9, 2013

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Software And Modeling Unite To Raise Yield

By combining passive component models with EDA software, this solution promises to improve design flow efficiency while paving the way for first pass design success....More
May 7, 2013

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In Memoriam: RLC Electronics’ Founder, Alan Borck

RLC Electronics reflects on the life and legacy of Founder Alan Borck, who passed away on March 1....More
May 2, 2013

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Modifications Improve Reflectarray Antennas

Modifications to a standard aperture-coupled microstrip antenna can be used to develop reflectarray antennas with improved bandwidth and efficiency....More
Apr. 30, 2013

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RF Transformer Extends To 4 GHz

for impedance matching from 10 to 4000 MHz, this surface-mount RF attenuator minimizes insertion loss with respectable return-loss performance....More
Apr. 30, 2013

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Attenuator Adjusts Levels To 11 GHz

This variable attenuator boasts 0.1-dB control of a 30-dB attenuation range from 7 to 11 GHz....More
Apr. 25, 2013

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Attenuators Step From 1 To 6000 MHz

These digital step attenuators operate from 1 to 6000 MHz with 0.25-dB steps in versions with maximum attenuation values of 30, 60, and 90 dB....More
Apr. 24, 2013

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MIMO/Diversity Antenna Serves Multiple Applications

A printed slot antenna provides basic UWB frequency coverage and adds coverage of narrowband wireless systems for GSM and Bluetooth frequency bands to be used in MIMO/diversity systems....More
Apr. 22, 2013

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Single CDTA Leads To Multiple Filters

An active component, a CDTA, can be used as the basis for a variety of different filter responses, selecting the different responses by changing bias current to the amplifier....More
Apr. 9, 2013

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Helical Antenna Links GSM/UMTS 1

This compact antenna covers multiple cellular bands by configuring one helical antenna within another....More
Mar. 27, 2013

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Compact Automotive Antennas Juggle Multiple Bands 1

With some multiband antenna designs moving to the dashboard region of the car, these two designs take into account the challenges involved in this trend and strive to overcome them....More
Mar. 14, 2013

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Diplexer Screens CATV Systems

A miniature, surface-mount diplexer filter is designed for CATV applications through 1 GHz....More
Mar. 14, 2013

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Splitters Serve In-Building DAS

A family of unequal power dividers includes models with split ratios as high as 10:1 for frequency coverage from 698 to 2700 MHz....More
Mar. 14, 2013

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Directional Coupler Links 225 To 2500 MHz

A dual directional coupler handles as much as 100 W input power with low insertion loss from 225 to 2500 MHz....More
Mar. 6, 2013

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Single Filter Has Many Responses

This unique resistorless, current-mode filter design can realize a variety of filter responses, including lowpass, highpass, bandstop, and allpass responses without changing topology....More
Mar. 6, 2013

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Interview: Jim Doyle, President and CEO of East Coast Microwave Distributors

Jim Doyle, President and CEO of East Coast Microwave Distributors, talks change with MWRF....More
Mar. 6, 2013

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Passive Components Pack More Power

Passive components for RF/microwave use are following a trend of smaller packages and higher power densities....More
Mar. 5, 2013

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Accurately Model UWB Antenna Pulses

With this modeling method, designers can analytically estimate the antenna effect on a transmitted pulse to include antenna pulse distortion into their ultrawideband (UWB) transceiver design....More
Mar. 4, 2013

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Keeping Power Levels In Check

Directional couplers and power dividers/combiners are used for summing and dividing high-frequency signals....More
Mar. 3, 2013

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Tiny Attenuators Set Levels To 18 GHz

These tiny fixed attenuators belie their small size with 2-W power-handling capability and precise attenuation values from DC to 18 GHz....More

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