Kit Cox's adventure from the U.S. to Japan is a beautiful blend of work and culture. At Mini-Circuits Japan, she navigates the exciting challenges of being a field applications engineer while immersing herself in the Japanese way of life. See how Kit's passion for Japan led her to a fulfilling career and a new home. The post Kit Cox Finds Professional and Personal Fulfillment at Mini-Circuits Japan first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Mini-Circuits, a leading global supplier of RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave components announced today that it has acquired the CATV amplifier business from Analog Devices. The transaction includes Analog Devices’ portfolio of 75Ω GaAs and GaN amplifiers... The post Mini-Circuits Acquires CATV Amplifier Business from Analog Devices first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Clock Timing, Phase Noise and Bit Error Rate (BER) Timing is critical in digital systems, especially in electronic systems that feature high-speed data converters and high-resolution sampling. A clock source is the “timekeeper” and the system performance depends upon the effectiveness of this component. For some system designers, implementing a clock source automatically means using […] The post Selecting VCOs for Clock Timing Circuits – A System Perspective first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

The PVGA-273+ low noise, variable gain MMIC amplifier features an NF of 2.6 dB, 13.9 dB gain, +15 dBm P1dB, and +29 dBm OIP3. This VGA affords a gain control range of 30 dB with a control voltage of -0.7 to 2.0V. The post Wideband MMIC Variable Gain Amplifier first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Our team in India participated in the annual MEPZ Run, an event that promotes environmental consciousness in one of the country’s oldest export processing zones. Over 400 of our team members ran for the cause to keep both themselves and their environment healthy and thriving! The post Our Team in India Gives Back to Their Community with the MEPZ Run first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

While many MMIC switch designs have gravitated toward Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology due to its ability to achieve fast switching, high power handling and wide bandwidths for high-frequency operating bands, many commercially available options on the market come at high cost. The post Fast-Switching GaAs Switches Are a High-Performance, Low-Cost Alternative to SOI first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

In our efforts to characterize the additive phase noise performance of our MMIC amplifier product line, Mini-Circuits has devoted considerable attention to the measurement methods and techniques we use to capture accurate data for these notoriously sensitive parameters. This article provides a deep dive into our measurement setup and process for characterizing additive phase modulation noise (APM) and additive amplitude modulation noise (AAM) in our labs. The post Measurement of Amplifier Additive Phase Modulation Noise (APM) first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

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 critical. The post UHF to mmWave Cavity Filter Solutions first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

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. As a big contributor to early wireless telegraphy, Braun was a co-winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for physics. The post Ferdinand Braun: Father of the Phased Array & CRT first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

The development of crystal-clear FM communications was an innovation of genius and toil. Utilized today in applications such as radar, seismology, telemetry and two-way radios, FM remains a ubiquitous real world technology because of its superior signal to noise ratio compared to other modulation schemes. Read on to learn about the history, theory and illustrative use cases including FM radio and the radar altimeter. The post Frequency Modulation Fundamentals first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more