Ben As an addendum to Mark's analysis we were looking at Skyworks parts for a commercial application requiring +32 dBm CW continuous. We looked at the SKY66293 and SKY66318 which have very similar

Hi Rich, there were a couple of mistakes on the PCBs depending on the version. All from memory, and still waking up this morning ! Missing ground on the little 5v regulator. O/P from the op amp to

Very nice. I have a modified Pluto (Thanks to DD1US who did the mod) and feed it with 40MHz from a dual Leo Bodnar unit. Simon Brown, G4ELI https://www.sdr-radio.com

Ben 160 C junction temperature is pretty standard for this technology, the data that is missing is the thermal resistance, junction to case measured in C/W, and power added

Thanks to John API and ZTR for your advice - It seems I do have a sectional dish available to me which I hope despite the age will give one or two of us on the Island access to EME on the likes of

Hi Ben, Have you looked at the FPV booster amps for drones?, i used these on 5.8 GHz Analogue ATV from memory they use a pair of devices and achieve 4 Chinese watts cheers Geoff GI0GDP

I received an Adalm Pluto today from Digikey which is revision D. This revision has clock in and out connectors and also RX2/TX2 wired out. All four ports are provided through u.fl sockets on the

The data sheet from Skyworks does not give any thermal info and it may be that key down CW at 2W will overheat the junction. 160deg C Mark. . if they work as advertised. If they

Ben Both seem to use the same output device The device is designed for wideband data modes at 400mW. This requires high linearity, hence the typical single tone P1db of 34dBm (min

That looks very useful Neil but a bit too much gain. I am glad that you weren't dreaming because to dream of such things would be a little, dare I say, odd? 73 Conrad

https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/lt1016.pdf Op 20-5-2021 om 15:18 schreef Rien Eradus PA0JME via groups.io:

A bit further datasheet shows Input Impedance and Bias Current Input bias current is measured with the output held at 1.4V. As with any simple NPN differential

Hi I am not familiar with both devices but took a glance at de 1016's datasheet. It tells me that inputbias current is about 10uA. If Vss is at ground there can be no bias current at all

5G-6GHz One-Way Microwave RF Power Amplifier Module 40DB SBB5089+SE5004 ( 114749899192 ) SE5004 1W Microwave Power Amplifier RF Power Amplifier 5.15GHz-5.85GHz 30DBm ( 114556927546 ) Did anyone try

I have built a couple of W1GHz projects: a GPS locked 10MHz osillator and a 100MHz PLL board. Each of his circuits uses a LT1116 hi speed comparator to lift the oscilator signal up to 5V CMOS logic

I built eight DF9IC 23 cm amplifiers. Six worked well and we are enjoying the expanded 1296 activity but one got destroyed with a mistake that resulted in a spectacular arc and the other got

I've just assembled my Wavelab 23GHz PSU/Connector boards, just wondering about heatsinking for the 3 large regulators. The underside of the board has the solder resist cleared, and I thought I'd read

Note dreaming after all. Phew. This is the Appnote I vaguely recalled. Looks like it is about the ZRL-700+ (and the other models) https://www.minicircuits.com/appdoc/AN60-039.html Neil G4DBN

Could you be referring to the HELA10B dual monolithic amplifier? I have a pair of these on my 2-channel adaptive EME system. They are there to overcome splitter losses and give a bit of extra gain for

I seem to recall seeing the layout of a Minicircuits amp that used hybrids and paired amplifier chains.  One of the benefits siuggested was that if one leg of the amp died, the other would carry one