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Overview

Design is still in the 'proto-board' phase, so there isnt much to download yet  
PCB Designs (All in EagleCAD 4.11 format)

  • AG-603 RF gain stage schematic and board (from datasheet recommendations, different center frequencies and power supplies will need different passive values!)
  • Other boards are still undergoing major revisions...
 
Datasheets (Deprecated to reduce bandwidth)

  • Antennas
    • An SMD 2GHz antenna from Yageo available from DigiKey
  • Gain Stages
    • AG-603 wideband gain block
    • MAX247x RF gain blocks
  • Capacitors
    • AVX U-series RF caps, C0G/NP0 (high freq), X7R (lower freq), cap parasitics and naming convention
    • KEMET ceramic caps and characteristics
    • Panasonic ECJ series caps
    • TDK C0G series
    • Yageo NP0 series
  • Inductors
    • TOKO LL1608
    • Susumu TFL/HPL
    • Murata LQG15
  • Variable Capacitors - Tuning Diodes - Varactors
    • Alpha Inc SMV1265 (28V 22pF)
    • Infineon BB883 (30V 9.7pF)
  • RF Transistors
    • NEC NE685 series (ft = 12GHz!)
  • PLLs
    • National Semiconductor LMX2324 (2GHz digital) and LMX2353 (2.5GHz digital/lowpow)
    • Analog Devices ADF4116-8 (.5 thru 3GHz digital)
  • Prepackaged VCOs
    • Micronetics 3500-1324 (2.4GHz)
    • Minicircuits catalog pg 228 thru 231
    • The wonderful, but not yet in production ADF4360, digital RF VCO w/PLL!