Quad Dividers Serve Amplifiers

Feb. 9, 2011

A series of microstrip and surface-mount-technology (SMT) quadrature dividers from International Manufacturing Services has been expanded to include units at S-, C-, X-, Ku-, and K-band frequencies. The IMD series quadrature dividers are available with operational bandwidths of 10 percent in those frequency bands, with less than 0.4 dB typical insertion loss and isolation of better than 15 dB. The miniature dividers are ideal for splitting and combining signals in multistage, multidevice power amplifiers, and can handle power levels to 20 W CW.

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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.