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In a previous post we gave a block diagram for how to measure spurs from a microwave mixer. This post is to show some actual data for it. Experimental Setup: I measured an M1-0620NP using two [...]

When you put two signals into a mixer, the IF and LO for example, you don’t just get out the product that you are looking for (the 1×1 or fundamental as it is called). You also get out [...]

We get this question a lot: how much power can part XYZ handle? Power handling is a difficult topic, because the ways in which a device can fail depend so much on the operating conditions that it [...]

We are happy to announce that you can now search our product catalog on Google’s shopping for suppliers at http://www.google.com/shopping/suppliers. We are excited to be selected as a pilot [...]

Intermodulation distortion is a tough thing to measure. We encounter this problem every day trying to measure the IP3 of the T3, the world’s highest linearity mixer. This is also why we [...]