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By Marki Microwave
In Mixers
Posted September 22, 2022

LO to RF Isolations: Why a 10 dB Buffer is Best

by Jacob Hammond The LO to RF isolation of a mixer is a critical performance specification in most broadband applications. LO feedthrough can not only contaminate a system, but the noise fed from [...]

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By Marki Microwave
In Amplifiers, Filters/Diplexers, IQ-IR-SSB Mixers, Mixers
Posted July 28, 2021

A Practical Guide to Noise in Frequency Conversions

By Cameron Sheth In a typical receiver application, a frequency conversion is performed after filtering and low noise amplification. This frequency conversion can have a significant impact on the [...]

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By Marki Microwave
In Amplifiers, Baluns, IQ-IR-SSB Mixers, Mixers, Power Dividers
Posted January 6, 2021

Top 10 Tech Notes of 2020

1. Top 7 Ways to Create a Quadrature (90˚) Phase Shift We’ve talked a lot about IQ mixers in the last few posts, about their theoretical underpinnings and applications as a phase detector and [...]

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 What Does a Marki Microwave Spur Table Tell Me?
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By Marki Microwave
In Mixers
Posted August 19, 2019

What Does a Marki Microwave Spur Table Tell Me?

This tech note serves to explain how to interpret the spurious data we provide on our datasheets, how we obtain this data, and things to keep in mind about spurious products when designing and [...]

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 State of the Art Tuner Chipsets for Electronic Warfare Applications
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By Doug Jorgesen
In Amplifiers, Mixers, Transmit/Receive/Synthesizer Architectures
Posted May 29, 2019

State of the Art Tuner Chipsets for Electronic Warfare Applications

Modern battlefields are awash in electronic signals from radars, jammers, and radio communications. Therefore, high linearity EW receivers for applications such as Radar Warning Receivers, [...]

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 Legacy Hybrid Mixer Spur Values
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By Victoria Tran
In Mixers
Posted January 30, 2018

Legacy Hybrid Mixer Spur Values

THE SPUR NUMBERS below represent the typical numbers one would see for downconversion.  The numbers shown are for a -10 dBm input. The spur suppression is decreased for lower RF power levels by [...]

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 Power Handling
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By Victoria Tran
In Amplifiers, Baluns, Bias Tees, Directional Couplers, Mixers
Posted January 22, 2018

Power Handling

Maximum power handling is a common concern of our customers. Nothing is worse than plugging in an expensive device only for it to be immediately destroyed. Understanding power handling is [...]

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