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A Guide to Surface-Mount Assembly

A Practical Approach to the Design and Implementation of Scalable, High-Performance, Custom SMT Packages for mmWave Applications

Accelerating RF Component Selection with Yoni2® Advanced Search Engine for RF Components

Achieving First-Spin Success in LTCC Components with Advanced Material Simulation Models

Adapting Non-Sealed Surface Mount Parts for Hi-Rel Customer Assembly Processes

Advanced Microwave Amplifier Models for Advanced Design System Simulations

ADVANTAGES OF CASCADING REFLECTIONLESS FILTERS

Affordable Solutions for Testing 28 GHz 5G Devices with Your 6 GHz Lab Instrumentation

An Interview with Mini-Circuits Founder and CEO, Harvey Kaylie

AS9100 Transition Drives Technical Excellence

Bridging the Gap between the University and the RF Industry

Compensating Frequency-Dependent Cable Loss in CATV Systems with Mini-Circuits Voltage-Variable Equalizers

Demystifying Pin-Outs: What Do We Mean by “Not Connected?”

Demystifying RF Transformers: A Primer on the Theory, Technologies and Applications – Part 1

Eliminating Bias Tees from Push-Pull Amplifier Outputs Using TCM3-452X+ 3:1 Unbalanced-to-Balanced Transformer

FILTERING WITHOUT REFLECTIONS: Flattening Multiplier Chain Conversion Efficiency & More

Flattening Negative Gain Slope with MMIC Fixed Equalizers

Frequently Asked Questions About Power Detectors

Hi-Rel Components for Space Applications

High-Order Switch Matrices Facilitate Network Infrastructure Testing

High-Q Ceramic Resonator Filters for GNSS Applications

Impact of Date Code Age Restrictions on Quality, Service, and Value

Impedance Matching Devices

Interface Dimension Measuring Gauge

Line Stretchers Ease VCO Load-Pull Testing

Mini-Circuits Bridging the Gap Between the Classroom and the Lab

Minimizing Impedance Mismatches with Fixed Attenuators

MMIC Amplifiers Stretch the Boundaries of Dynamic Range in VHF/UHF Communications

MMIC Die Testing Made Easy with Ultra-Wideband 0 dB Attenuator (Thru-Line) Dice

Model: ZYSWA-2-50DR+ (Redesigned Model)

Modeling Grounding and Substrate Effects in Broadband Miniature Surface Mount Attenuators

More than Just a Phase: Understanding Phase Stability in RF Test Cables

Reflectionless Filter Basics: A Brief History of the Genesis of Reflectionless Filters

Reflectionless Filters Improve Linearity and Dynamic Range in Microwave Systems

Renewing Our Founding Values as a 50-Year-Old Startup

Selecting High Linearity MMIC Amplifiers for use with Complex Digital Waveforms

Solid State Switching for Next Generation Wireless Test Applications

Specifying VCOs for Clock Timing Circuits | Application Note

Techniques for Improving Impedance Mismatch

The Mystery behind MSL 1, 2, 3

Ultra-Wideband, Low-Loss Couplers for Cable TV and Broadband Access Systems (DOCSIS® 3.1)

Understanding Lumped Element Filters

Understanding Surface-Mount

Using Mini-Circuits Switch Matrices in 75Ω CATV Test Applications

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What automated soldering methods can be considered for Mini-Circuits surface-mount components? There are two basic methods: reflow and wave soldering. Generally, reflow soldering can be done when (1) there are only surface mount components, or (2) these are present together with through-hole components and the latter will be soldered in a separate …
A Guide to Surface-Mount Assembly
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After many years of research and development, electrical engineers, physicists, mathematicians and scientists have come to realize the benefits of operating communications systems at higher frequencies. Some of the most notable advances stemming from this research include: smaller circuit implementations for the same functionality; improved antenna…
A Practical Approach to the Design and Implementation of Scalable, High-Performance, Custom SMT Pack…
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Accelerating RF Component Selection with Yoni2® Advanced Search Engine for RF Components Brandon Kaplan, Mini-CircuitsSelecting RF components for a system design can be one of the more time-consuming tasks in the development cycle. To begin with, a designer may have to sift through hundreds of possible options for a suitable model. Each …
Accelerating RF Component Selection with Yoni2® Advanced Search Engine for RF Components
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Since the advent of Network Synthesis Theory at the turn of the last century, filter designers have been developing ever more sophisticated solutions to translate polynomial transfer functions into working, physical components.
Achieving First-Spin Success in LTCC Components with Advanced Material Simulation Models
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Adapting Non-Sealed Surface Mount Parts for Hi-Rel Customer Assembly Processes JonidXhakollari, Manufacturing Process Engineer, Mini-CircuitsThe perfect integration of a product within the customer’s assembly process can be just as critical to the success of that product asthe electrical performance. Mini-Circuits and many RF/microwave com…
Adapting Non-Sealed Surface Mount Parts for Hi-Rel Customer Assembly Processes
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Advanced Microwave Amplifier Models for Advanced Design System SimulationsLarry Dunleavy, Kevin Kellogg and Eric O’Dell, Modelithics, Inc., Tampa, FloridaAbstractA tutorial overview is provided of nonlinear amplifier models available from Modelithics, with a focus on the enabling features of X-parameters models.IntroductionMobile and wireless com…
Advanced Microwave Amplifier Models for Advanced Design System Simulations
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Advantages of cascading reflectionless filters The insertion loss curves for the conventional filter exhibit an expected increase in stopband rejection when two filters are cascaded in series. However, obvious ripple appears across the stopband in the two-section curve. This is due to the unstable phase relationship between the through-signal a…
ADVANTAGES OF CASCADING REFLECTIONLESS FILTERS
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The capabilities that define the 5G wireless standard will require utilization of wider bandwidths across more regions of spectrum than any current wireless technology. 5G communications will eventually occupy multiple bands from below 6 GHz to above 60 GHz. For now, much of the development effort is divided among sub-6 GHz bands for vehicular …
Affordable Solutions for Testing 28 GHz 5G Devices with Your 6 GHz Lab Instrumentation
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An Interview with Mini-Circuits Founder and CEO, Harvey KaylieBrandon KaplanHarvey Kaylie, Mini-Circuits, Brooklyn, N.Y.Q: Defense and military applications have always been a crucial segment of the global market for RF and microwave products. How do you see the defense market evolving in 2018 and beyond as compared to recent years?A: We believe th…
An Interview with Mini-Circuits Founder and CEO, Harvey Kaylie
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AS9100 Transition Drives Technical Excellence Arthur Ackerman, Mini-Circuits Technical excellence at Mini-Circuits is coming into sharper focus as we approach the fifth decade since our founding by Harvey Kaylie in 1969. This focus has been emphasized in our current initiative to recertify our quality management system (QMS) to the new revisi…
AS9100 Transition Drives Technical Excellence
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Bridging the Gap between the University and the RF Industryby Ted Heil, President, Mini-CircuitsWith 5G standards barely off the drawing board and headlines filled with speculation about all the related capabilities, what sometimes gets lost in the buzz is that these technologies will depend heavily on a new generation of RF engineers to develop th…
Bridging the Gap between the University and the RF Industry
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In broadband communications systems such as CATV equipment, system performance may critically rely on gain or attenuation flatness. In particular, CATV systems are often plagued by issues resulting from the frequency-dependent attenuation of very long cables (increasing with frequency) as well as the negative gain slope of certain amplifiers. This …
Compensating Frequency-Dependent Cable Loss in CATV Systems with Mini-Circuits Voltage-Variable Equa…
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Demystifying Pin-Outs: What Do We Mean by “Not Connected?” I. BackgroundMini-Circuits offers a wide range of products in miniature surface-mount (SMT) packages. Each package is identified by a case style number and defined by a case style drawing which clearly shows the outline dimensions, critical dimensions (if any), orientation, pin num…
Demystifying Pin-Outs: What Do We Mean by “Not Connected?”
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Demystifying RF Transformers: Part 1: A Primer on the Theory, Technologies and Applications William Yu and Urvashi Sengal, Mini-Circuits, Brooklyn, N.Y. Introduction In essence, a transformer is merely two or more conductive paths linked by a mutual magnetic field. When a varying magnetic flux is developed within the core by alternating current …
Demystifying RF Transformers: A Primer on the Theory, Technologies and Applications – Part 1
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Push-pull amplifiers are used in many multi-octave systems to enhance amplifier output power and efficiency, suppress unwanted harmonics and improve system dynamic range. In a push-pull amplifier design, two matched transistors or amplifiers are supplied by the source signal in parallel and at a 180° phase relationship. When re-combined throug…
Eliminating Bias Tees from Push-Pull Amplifier Outputs Using TCM3-452X+ 3:1 Unbalanced-to-Balanced T…
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FILTERING WITHOUT REFLECTIONS: Flattening Multiplier Chain Conversion Efficiency & More Rohan Shrotriya, Mini-Circuits ApplicationsDr. Matthew A. Morgan, National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryABSTRACTA new class of filter, which exhibits broadband matched impedance at its ports, has recently been invented and made available. This new device, the …
FILTERING WITHOUT REFLECTIONS: Flattening Multiplier Chain Conversion Efficiency & More
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Flattening Negative Gain Slope with MMIC Fixed Equalizers I. Introduction Equalizers are devices used to compensate for negative gain slope in the frequency response of a wide variety of RF systems. Unlike a standard attenuator with a flat frequency response, an equalizer is a unique kind of attenuator which exhibits lower insertion loss as f…
Flattening Negative Gain Slope with MMIC Fixed Equalizers
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Frequently Asked Questions About Power Detectors General Questions: Q. I recently purchased a PWR-6G power detector and was wondering if I need to have it calibrated, or if it came to me calibrated. A. The PWR-6G+ is calibrated prior to shipping and therefore there is no need for calibration of new power detectors. A customer can start working…
Frequently Asked Questions About Power Detectors
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Hi-Rel Components for Space ApplicationsThe extreme operating conditions of the space environment combined with lack of access for repairs and zero tolerance for failure necessitate intensive qualification of electronic parts used in space missions. Mini-Circuits has a successful track record of screening components for space applications, and our …
Hi-Rel Components for Space Applications
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Testing cellular network infrastructure often requires measurement and data collection from dozens – even hundreds – of base stations (BTS) within a test environment. The volume and complexity of signal traffic in these multi-device, multi-user test systems necessitates commensurate capability for routing signals between base stations and test…
High-Order Switch Matrices Facilitate Network Infrastructure Testing
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High-Q Ceramic Resonator Filters for GNSS Applications Giri Krishnamurthy, Mini-Circuits Engineering Boris Benger, Mini-Circuits Applications Introduction: The History & Modern Uses of GNSS Applications GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) has become an increasingly prevalent RF application for both military and consumer use. Early …
High-Q Ceramic Resonator Filters for GNSS Applications
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Impact of Date Code Age Restrictions on Quality, Service, and Value Introduction Extensive studies done by industry leaders, NASA and the U.S. military have shown substantial evidence that in modern storage environments, time intervals of five years or longer between manufacture of components and shipment to OEMs pose virtually no risk to the qua…
Impact of Date Code Age Restrictions on Quality, Service, and Value
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Impedance Matching Devices Stephen Leone and William Yu, Mini-Circuits Applications Introduction to Impedance Matching The impedance of a component or transmission line is a major concern when designing RF/microwave systems. At the circuit level, optimum performance is obtained when devices are matched to the desired system impedance, typicall…
Impedance Matching Devices
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Interface Dimension Measuring Gauge Introduction Mini Circuits manufactures a comprehensive line of connector gauges for measuring the critical interface dimensions of coaxial connectors .Testing the interfaces of connectors on any device at incoming inspection is not only highly recommended, it is definitely a necessity. Interfaces not meeting t…
Interface Dimension Measuring Gauge
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Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) are normally designed for operation in an ideal 50 ohm environment. However, the actual load that these oscillators must drive are considerably different. It is a standard industry practice to measure frequency variation when the VCO output realizes a load with 12dB return loss (for all possible phase angles). …
Line Stretchers Ease VCO Load-Pull Testing
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Mini-Circuits Bridging the Gap Between the Classroom and the Lab With a history that dates back 50 years, Mini-Circuits is one of the most recognizable names in the RF/microwave industry. Known as a supplier of high-frequency components, Mini-Circuits offers an enormous number of products, which includes the likes of amplifiers, filters, mixe…
Mini-Circuits Bridging the Gap Between the Classroom and the Lab
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Fixed attenuators are invaluable problem-solvers for circuit-level and system-level designers. In addition to controlling amplitude levels, fixed attenuators can improve the impedance match between impedance-sensitive devices such as amplifiers and filters, and provide the isolation needed to stabilize oscillators.
Minimizing Impedance Mismatches with Fixed Attenuators
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Affordable Solutions for Testing 28 GHz 5G Devices with Your 6 GHz Lab Instrumentation
MMIC Amplifiers Stretch the Boundaries of Dynamic Range in VHF/UHF Communications
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MMIC Die Testing Made Easy with Ultra-Wideband 0 dB Attenuator (Thru-Line) DiceRadha Setty, Mini-CircuitsIntroduction:Microwave hybrid circuitry is generally built by integrating several discrete dice via wire bonding. Circuit designers are faced with the task of predicting the performance of hybrids, which comes with some specific challenges.Mos…
MMIC Die Testing Made Easy with Ultra-Wideband 0 dB Attenuator (Thru-Line) Dice
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Model: ZYSWA-2-50DR+ (Redesigned Model) 1. Purpose To validate the extended life performance of the Mini-Circuits mechanical switch product line in the defined environment under defined operating conditions. 2. Scope: MSP2T-18XL MSP2TA-18XL MTS-18XL-B 3. Background: Prior to developing our mechanical switch, Mini-Circuits purchase…
Model: ZYSWA-2-50DR+ (Redesigned Model)
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Modelithics and Mini-Circuits have collaborated to create Microwave Global Models™ for Mini-Circuits’ YAT and RCAT broadband surface mount attenuator families. These attenuators can be used to reduce signal levels, increase isolation, or improve impedance-match and retur-loss performance. Both the plastic QFN package style YAT Series and th…
Modeling Grounding and Substrate Effects in Broadband Miniature Surface Mount Attenuators
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More than Just a Phase: Understanding Phase Stability in RF Test Cables I. Introduction One important factor in ensuring accurate, repeatable measurements in RF test applications is the stability of performance of the test cable used. In most test environments, cables undergo frequent bending during normal use, which can result in changes in ph…
More than Just a Phase: Understanding Phase Stability in RF Test Cables
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Reflectionless Filter Basics: A Brief History of the Genesis of Reflectionless Filters Introduction The advent of broad bandwidth amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), and software-defined radios has brought about growing interest in broadband communications, radar, and sensing applications. For the…
Reflectionless Filter Basics: A Brief History of the Genesis of Reflectionless Filters
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Reflectionless Filters Improve Linearity and Dynamic Range in Microwave SystemsBy Ming Hao Yan, Applications Engineer, Mini-CircuitsFilters are fundamental building blocks of nearly every modern RF/microwave system used to eliminate unwanted signals in receiver and transmitter architectures. Until recently, study and research in practical filter de…
Reflectionless Filters Improve Linearity and Dynamic Range in Microwave Systems
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The Mini-Circuits story is well known to many in the RF and Microwave industry. Some know us for our advertising, some know us as one of the first companies to transform the pricing structure of RF components, and some know us through the personal relationships they had with Harvey Kaylie, our founder and chief executive for the first 50 years of o…
Renewing Our Founding Values as a 50-Year-Old Startup
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Enhanced Mode GaAs PHEMT (E-PHEMT) based MMIC amplifiers provide users advantages in both broadband noise figure and intermodulation performance, setting them apart from previous generations of GaAs amplifier designs. Historically known for their extremely low noise figure, PHEMTs have also been used extensively for power applications in the mobil…
Selecting High Linearity MMIC Amplifiers for use with Complex Digital Waveforms
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Solid State Switching for Next Generation Wireless Test Applications I. Introduction Rapid growth in the number of connected devices for next generation wireless applications is driving demand for faster, more innovative, and more cost-effective test solutions. The need for reduction in cost and improvement in test throughput is found both at the…
Solid State Switching for Next Generation Wireless Test Applications
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Specifying VCOs for Clock Timing Circuits | Application Note Aharon Sagiv, MCDI FAE Technical ManagerTed Heil, PresidentErick A. Olsen, Product Marketing ManagerMini-Circuits, 13 Neptune Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11235; www.minicircuits.comVCOs are capable of low noise and high stability with the convenience of tunable frequency for applications requ…
Specifying VCOs for Clock Timing Circuits | Application Note
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Impedance matching is a complex subject cloaked in a certain degree of mystery. Whenever a circuit fails or systemic problems are encountered, impedance matching is most often attributed as the cause. As a result, there are many situations in which it becomes necessary to match the impedance of a load to that of the source in order to maximize po…
Techniques for Improving Impedance Mismatch
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The Mystery behind MSL 1, 2, 3 Kelvin Kiew, President and CEO, Mini-Circuits Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd What is Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL)? Semiconductor non-hermetic packages have the tendency to absorb moisture. During the surface-mount solder reflow process, moisture trapped in the package will vaporize when heat is applied…
The Mystery behind MSL 1, 2, 3
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Ultra-Wideband, Low-Loss Couplers for Cable TV and Broadband Access Systems (DOCSIS® 3.1) I. BackgroundThis article discusses the use of ultra-low loss, broadband distributed couplers in 75Ω systems such as broadband services over cable television networks (CATV).CATV systems require continuous monitoring of output power in the forward (down…
Ultra-Wideband, Low-Loss Couplers for Cable TV and Broadband Access Systems (DOCSIS® 3.1)
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The main reason for the utilization of surface mount technology today is for PWB area efficiency and the corresponding reduction of the system volume. Small surface mount components are used to manufacture electronic assemblies that are significantly smaller than the similar function assemblies using thru-hole components. Usually, the board area fo…
Understanding Lumped Element Filters
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Understanding Surface-Mount The main reason for the utilization of surface mount technology today is for PWB area efficiency and the corresponding reduction of the system volume. Small surface mount components are used to manufacture electronic assemblies that are significantly smaller than the similar function assemblies using thru-hole compo…
Understanding Surface-Mount
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The 75Ω equipment often used in CATV applications occupies a small enclave of a largely 50Ω world. Although dedicated 75Ω equipment does exist, its availability and its applicability to other test needs are limited; most general-purpose test and measurement equipment is designed for 50Ω use. Because of this, it can be difficult to create te…
Using Mini-Circuits Switch Matrices in 75Ω CATV Test Applications

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