Questions tagged [tuning]
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Radio tuning capacitor
In a radio tuning capacitor that consists of semicircular plates , are the plates connected in series or in parallel ?
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Antenna tuning & impedance matching, do i need to connect the IC?
I want to make a pcb rf trace to use it as an antenna, for a bluetooth IC. I have already studied the basics of impedance matching and antenna tuning, smith chart and antenna clearance.
The specific ...
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Can I replace the transistor in this circuit (Esaki oscillator) with a Zener diode?
Can I replace the transistor in this circuit (Esaki oscillator) with a Zener diode?
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Do algorithms exist for tuning microwave filters?
I'm a systems engineering student and I have taken a summer job at a company that manufactures various microwave filters, my role is to "try" improve and standardise their processes in order to ...
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My antenna tuning component values worked on a fresh board previously. Now they're not working. What could be causing this?
This is one of those hardware questions that's making me bang my head against a wall.
About six weeks ago I spent a day tuning the NFC antenna on my board. I ended up using ~71pF of shunt capacitance ...
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Finding the gain difference for a ultrasonic assembly
I am tuning an ultrasonic assembly for a welding application and tuned the system to operate at 41kHz according to the oscilloscope. The transducer operates at 40kHz, when calculating the gain with ...
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How does this double-tuned antenna work?
I am trying to understand how the attached circuit works, for tuning a transmission/receiver antenna (L1) for double frequency (HF, 500 MHz on the left output and 202 MHz LF right), to be used in ...
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Where to connect the VNA during matching network tuning
I'm trying to design the matching network between an antenna and its transmitter, running at 868MHz, as shown below. There's probably about 20mm between the transmitter output and the Pi network.
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MOSFET Switch for Tuned LC Tank
I am trying to implement the circuit as shown below.
I essentially want to be able to control the gate voltage of the NMOS to change the resonant frequency from 5GHz to 2.5GHz. For a transistor size ...
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Magic Eye Tuning Tube Variable Negative Voltage
I am thinking about several applications of magic eye tuning tubes as display pieces and had a question about their operation. I have attached a sample circuit from a datasheet for an EM84 tube. I ...
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Some questions regarding impedance matching and tuning
For maximum power transfer in a circuit impedance matching is performed:
Similarly from the transmitter antenna to the receiver/load one can think the total impedance from antenna to the receiver as ...
