6 Ways to Make an N-Way Power Splitter
One of the unique products that we have at Marki Microwave is our broadband, high isolation 3-way and 4-way power dividers. In this blog post we will answer some common questions we receive, [...]
How to Make PAM4, PAM8, and PAM16 Signals
Yesterday I wrote about how it was possible to create a PAM4 signal using a Wilkinson power divider. Our Wilkinson product line also includes more rare 3 and 4 way power dividers, which means [...]
Yes, Wilkinson power dividers also work for combining data
After investigating and concluding that yes, Wilkinson power dividers work for splitting data, the natural question was whether they work for combining data.This is a more complicated question [...]
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Suppression vs. Isolation
In making the datasheets for the first Microlithic frequency doubler (MLD-1640), it occurred to us that not enough has been made about the difference between isolation and suppression. In mixers [...]
Marki Microwave Passives in a Single Chart
I was thinking about the difference between power dividers, baluns, and couplers, and realized that they could all be thought of as power splitters. The characteristics that make them different [...]
Phase Delay vs. Group Delay
When you master phase, you become like a God, capable of performing wonders that mere mortals can only dream of. Wonders like making laser beams (using phase engineered quarter-wave reflectors), [...]
Yes, Wilkinson power dividers work for splitting data
The reactive power splitter is like Rodney Dangerfield: it gets no respect. Often people will resort to the primitive, high loss resistive power divider simply because a Wilkinson is specified [...]