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All About High-Speed End Launch Coaxial Connectors
There are many RF communications and sensing applications that are moving to higher frequencies as well as a wealth of new use cases and applications emerging in the millimeter-wave (mmW) spectrum. This obviously includes a variety of 5G use cases and applications, but there are also a variety of automotive, unmanned vehicle, aerospace, satellite communication, and defense use cases benefitting...
Frequency Downconverter, upconverter, multiplier, divider, mixer, or frequency translator? What is an RF Mixer?
Not to be confused with awkward socials at microwave industry events, RF Mixers are fundamental building blocks of many RF circuits and systems. The basic function of a RF mixer is frequency translation. Frequency translation shifts the frequency content of a signal, or set of signals, to another part of the spectrum. There are a variety of mixer types, some with specific applications and others...