Our recent move to a more flexible, cloud-based infrastructure offers significant advantages for our team members, enhancing mobility and facilitating better collaboration across geographically dispersed teams. The post Behind the Scenes: Mini-Circuits’ Digital Transformation Journey to the Cloud first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Mini-Circuits’ surface-mount stripline couplers and 90° hybrids cover an operational frequency range of DC to 14.5 GHz. Coupler models feature greater than 2 decades of bandwidth and power handling up to 180W The post SMT Passives to 250W first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Mini-Circuits Director of LTCC Product Line Engineering, Aaron Vaisman delivered an informative workshop last week at the IEEE MTT-S World Microwave Congress. This session goes deep into the latest R&D in LTCC passive component design and will be of interest to engineers working at the component and system level, alike. In case you missed the live session, the organizers have made the recording available for the benefit of the RF/microwave community. The post Mini-Circuits’ Director of LTCC Product Line Engineering, Aaron Vaisman on Novel Techniques & Capabilities in LTCC Passive Comp ..read more

In case you missed Jin Bains' inspiring keynote talk at the inaugural IEEE MTT-S World Microwave Congress last week, be sure to check out the session recording, now available courtesy of the show organizers. We were delighted to be a patron of this new virtual event, and look forward to future iterations. The post Mini-Circuits’ CEO Jin Bains Presents: The RF Engine of the 21st Century first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Director of Product Line Engineering, Chris Day, Vice President of Technical Marketing, Steve Scheinkopf and Global Market Manager, Richard Marlow spoke with Pat Hindle from Microwave Journal last week for the latest episode of Frequency Matters. Check out their conversation to learn about Mini-Circuits' new CATV MMIC amplifier business in Santa Rosa, California and our plans to grow our support for the broadband, optical and CATV markets. The post Interview: 75 Ohm Amplifier Acquisition & Mini-Circuits’ CATV Market Strategy first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

We celebrated the retirement of one of our veteran members as she embarks on the next chapter of her life. After 27 fruitful years at Mini-Circuits, we wanted to send her off with a party, cake and great company. The post Celebrating 27-Years of Service and Lifelong Friendships first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

To understand group delay in this brief application note, we’ll start by examining phase delay. After mathematically defining phase delay, we will then continue by defining group delay. Illustrations of amplitude response, and phase and group delay response for several ideal filters of various filter topologies and one real filter are shown. The post Group Delay in RF Filters first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Mini-Circuits’ TSY-83LN+ wideband, MMIC LNA incorporates a bypass mode feature to extend system dynamic range. This model operates from 0.4 to 8 GHz and achieves an industry leading combination of wideband gain flatness, NF, P1dB and OIP3. The post Wideband MMIC LNA with Bypass first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

Mini-Circuits has expanded our line of thin-film filter topologies to address a wider variety of applications and requirements. Low pass and band pass architectures are available with high Q and insertion loss of as little as 0.5 dB. The post Expanded Thin-Film Filter Selection first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more

The ZVA-20543VG+ variable gain, medium power amplifier provides 50 dB of gain, with a 17 dB adjustable gain range. Gain adjustment is possible either digitally or by applying an analog control voltage ranging from 0 to +2.8V, facilitated through the 15-pin Micro-D connector. The post Wideband VGA with Built-In Telemetry + GUI first appeared on Mini-Circuits Blog ..read more