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cebook Technical Articles covering both Active and Passive RF Component design support for the RF Design Engineer.

Active Component Articles
LNA operation over Broadband applications
WanTcom provides exceptional LNA operation over broadband widths by performing the matching of the GaAs device at the die level, not outside the package as many semiconductor manufacturers force upon you.      Read More>>

RF Gain Stage temperature compensation
Yantel Temp Comp Chip Attenuators improve reliability through component reduction and self-limiting current consumption in small signal applications.      Read More>>


Passive Component Articles

RF Power Amps operate cooler
Improving system level reliability through the use of ATC Ultra-Low ESR Ceramic RF Capacitors used in matching networks.      Read More>>

Lowest possible circuit costs achieved through
Practical Capacitor Tolerance Selection of your Coupling, DC Blocking and Bypass RF Capacitors…      Read More>>

Careful analysis of frequency dependent properties
In RF Caps during the selection process will result in optimized circuit performance in broadband.
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Calculation of effective capacitance vs frequency
Impedance matching applications where minimum temperature drift is critical, this approach will save time and money…      Read More>>

Thermal Management in RF Power Amplifiers
A few quick calculations of the dissipated power in the RF Cap is critical, so knowing the ESR and matching impedances are key to achieving trouble free operation in power amplifier circuits.
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Thermal Considerations Power Resistive Products
Substrate material changes due to health concerns lead to in-depth research on how to make thermal measurements. The elimination of BeO from RF Resistive products resulted in a materials analysis before you can be assured of a reliable design in your coupler or ferrite isolator application…
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The single most important parameter
Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) is the most important parameter in selecting an RF Cap to fit the application. It is the summation of all losses resulting…      Read More>>

Component Mechanical placement Orientation
Many RF Chip Caps are typically surface mounted on a microstrip. Mounting can be with the electrodes parallel or perpendicular to the microstrip…      Read More>>

Understanding TCC of RF Ceramic Chip Caps
Temperature Coefficient of Capacitance (TCC) of SMT MLC devices are used to offset temperature performance of competing components in the circuit…      Read More>>

Current rating curves of MLC RF Chip Caps
Information and methods for arriving at RF current ratings of MLC show that the general shape of the current rating curves can be established for Dielectric Properties…      Read More>>

Building an accurate RF MLC small signal model
It is always a good idea to know and understand the measurement setup and testing techniques employed to acquire the data to be used in modeling software…      Read More>>

Long term Aging, do you know your epsilon
Capacitor Aging describes an effect exhibited by ferroelectric class dielectric materials in which barium titanate (BaTiO3) is the main constituent. Dielectric permittivity decay, epsilon (ε), is noted over time with these formulations…
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High Q RF Caps in Matching Applications
Next to the output transistor operating in most class A or AB approaches, the Shunt C position is the biggest heat generator in the power amplifier circuit, so give it the attention that it needs to optimize and minimize thermal rise.
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Too much pressure is not good on your RF Caps
The Greek root of the word piezo means "to press". In 1880, Jacques and Pierre Curie discovered that pressure applied to a quartz crystal creates an electrical potential on the crystal. Likewise, they also discovered that an electrical potential impressed on the crystal creates.
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Calculations for RF Coax Designs
Calculate the Impedance, Phase, Capacitance, Delay, Velocity of Propagation & Attenuation of a coax design…      Read More>>



Renewable Energy Articles

Extended NaS Battery Life with Ultracaps
Ioxus Ultracaps can extend the life of expensive sodium-sulfur high energy battery farms.
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Locomotive Diesel Engine Cranking Currents
Ioxus Ultracaps provide assist to high energy cranking applications like locomotive diesel engine start-ups or EV motor demand during acceleration.
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