Resistive Couplers Span DC To 20 GHz

Jan. 11, 2011

A line of broadband resistive couplers from International Manufacturing Services has been expanded to include a variety of new configurations, including models with wire-bondable terminals for applications from DC to 20 GHz. The firm's IMK Series of couplers are available in both forward and reverse facing directions with coupling values from 6 to 30 dB. The resistive couplers can channel as much as 5 W through power and dissipate as much as 1 W power. They measure just 0.120 x 0.120 in. They can exhibit less than 1 dB insertion loss at frequencies through 18 GHz for nominal coupling values greater than 18 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.