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Miniature Mixer Converts 900 MHz

Jan. 5, 2011

Model ADE-92+ from Mini-Circuits is a frequency mixer designed for an RF and local oscillator (LO) frequency range of 400 to 900 MHz, producing intermediate-frequency (IF) signals from DC to 150 MHz with just 6.8 dB typical insertion loss. It operates with LO drive level of +7 dBm and boasts LO-to-RF isolation of typically 39 dB. The LO-to-IF isolation is typically 26 dB. The mixer, which is suitable for cellular and Industrial-Medical-Scientific (ISM) band applications, offers typical third-order intercept point of +20 dBm at midband. It is supplied in a miniature RoHS-compliant housing measuring just 0.272 x 0.310 x 0.220 in.

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

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.