When looking across the discrete components in your electronic armory, it is easy to overlook the humble diode. After all, one can be forgiven for the conclusion that the everyday version of this ...
The use of modern harmonic-balance simulators and electromagnetic analysis software has been instrumental in the design of modern mixers. Especially, it has allowed the development of new types of ...
Frequency mixers are often implemented using a diode bridge or a Gilbert cell. Both types of mixers use a local oscillator (LO) to flip the polarity of the radio-frequency (RF) input. When the LO is ...
The following is excerpted from Chapter 8 of “RF Circuit Design, 2e” by Christopher Bowick. Moving up the scale in complexity, we come to the next evolutionary RF architecture: the ...
The diode is a fundamental component you must understand if you want to grow your electronics prowess. So today, we’re going to take a quick look at what a diode is, then look at 4½ uses for a diode ...