Surface-Mount Filter Passes 1575 MHz

April 20, 2011

Measuring just 4.5 x 11.5 x 7.55 mm, model AM1575B510 is a ceramic, three-pole, surface-mount bandpass filter from Anatech Electronics with low loss at a center frequency of 1575 MHz. It features a passband of 1564.4 to 1585.4 MHz with insertion loss of 1.5 dB. Signals outside the passband are rejected by at least 20 dB at 1540.4 MHz and by 10 dB at 1640.4 MHz. The filter, which can handle input power levels to 2 W, exhibits return loss of at least 20 dB. The passband amplitude ripple is less than 0.2 dB.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.