YIG Filters Feature 500-MHz Bandwidths

Oct. 15, 2009

The latest line of wideband filters from Omniyig provide minimum 3-dB bandwidths of 500 MHz at frequencies from 6 to 18 GHz. Based on yittrium-iron-garnet resonators, these tunable bandpass filters offer 24-dB/octave rejection slopes and passband insertion loss of only 6.5 dB. The YIG filters are available with integrated analog or 12-b digital drivers. For more information on the firm's YIG-based filters and oscillators, visit the company's web site.

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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.