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    Applied microwave and wireless [question]

    applied microwave and wireless magazine it went away (out of print) several years ago. The archives were available on CDROM. Lance
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    Genesis vs. Microwave Office

    genesis aligent I have no experience with with MWO; I had used EESOF series IV back in the day and briefly used ADS. I've been using Genesys for almost 10 years. Other than designing IC's -- I don't really see how Genesys is going to hold you back. I regularly design...
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    How to test the Q of self-made Inductor ?

    inductor selfmade Well -- I was implying that you have a general idea of what the inductor value is (you can measure that) -- I often solder an inductor across a flange mount SMA connector (center pin to ground). Then you resonate this inductor with a very good capacitor. When it is...
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    How to test the Q of self-made Inductor ?

    how to test inductor If you have a lab kit of capacitors that you know are likely to be way better than your coil (ATC A or B for instance), then I would make a parallel resonant circuit with your coil (to ground) in the band of interest and measure the resistance at resonance. Not perfect...
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    Pll loop filter parameter caculator

    pll_filter I'm guessing that this is the "additional" attenuation added by the 3rd pole (R1, C3 if I'm reading their schematic correctly) for reference spurs and such. This is a bit of a dangerous parameter as you can request arbitrarily large attenuation that is not plausible (due to the...
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    "Crossing" a microstrip line

    You are right to hold the ground planes as sacred. Assuming the current you're tying to pass is reasonable and your design rules allow it, I would recommend just routing a thin trace (5-10 mils) under a coupling cap or other series element in a non-critical area -- the lower the impedance the...
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    Power Plane in RF Design

    groundplane powerplane right on!
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    Power Plane in RF Design

    ground plane I avoid power planes like the plague. I see them like the ultimate low impedance transmission line -- once something gets on there, you really can't fight it. Of course, something *will* get on there. I don't mind bussing power around with wide strips, but always bring the...
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    PCB milling machines/ accurateCNC

    deskcnc download demo -crack -torrent Yeah, some of my "mentors" in this business used to call that stuff "methyl-ethyl-bad-s***". But boy did it work well. I agree -- there are plenty of toxins around. My office and lab are in my basement and I've been struggling with normal basement dust...
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    PCB milling machines/ accurateCNC

    pcb microwave milling eek, another RPI guy! I agree-- nobody wants to be breathing in the dust. It seems though that most of the issue is, as your reference says, with irritation and the fact that there is dust, not that the dust itself is a toxin that reacts with the body. I would think...
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    PCB milling machines/ accurateCNC

    large pcb milling machines I recently upgraded to an accurate360 as well -- mainly to get video. I got the professional vacuum system as well. I think AccurateCNC is poised to make some real gains in this market over the competition. Most of my prototyping is done on 9-10mil thick...
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    Haipin Filter 50 ohm Feed

    This is interesting -- I've not seen one with a series transformer before. Usually you just select the tap point (based on J.s. wong paper for instance). Using a transformer might give you a nice degree of freedom since the geometry of your resonator may actually keep you from tapping at the...
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    ISM Frequencies in Israel

    I looked into this myself within the last year. It was like pulling teeth finding some of the info. I believe that there were certain waivers for equipment imported from the US and I do think that 900 MHz was generally allowed for ISM use. You might check with the ITU website; I found a small...
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    Tuning process of resonator and combline filter

    Re: tuning of a filter I suggest you dig up Milton Dishal's november 1951 IRE paper discussing the tuning here's the reference: M. Dishal, "Alignment and Adjustment of Synchronously Tuned Multiple Resonator-Circuit Filters" Proc. IRE 39, Nov. 1951, pp. 1448-1455 this is a classic. Lance
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    Genesis vs. Microwave Office

    ads vs awr David, A few comments below.

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