Passive Components : Dividers, Couplers, Combiners

Presented by: Dr. Bob Froelich, RF and Microwave Engineer

Outline:
    Power Dividers
   2-way, 3-way and N-way
   Isolation and loss
   Phase relationships
   Uneven power division
   Combining RF power
   Directional Couplers
   Properties
   Coupling, Isolation, and Directivity

Presenter Bio:
Dr. Bob Froelich is an RF and Microwave Engineer with 30 years of experience in design of circuits and systems for radar, radio astronomy and wireless communications, the latter including GPS, Bluetooth and proprietary systems. He has worked with Watkins- Johnson, Trimble Navigation, CellNet Data Systems, M/A-COM, and Cobham Defense Systems.

Bob received his BS in Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Michigan. He remained there to complete a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1982, studying aspects of semiconductor physics as applied to IMPATT diodes. He has written a number of technical articles on device modeling and microwave measurement techniques. He currently teaches web-based classes and short courses for Besser Associates. His next course is RF Measurements: Principles & Demonstration — Dec 05-Dec 09, 2016: San Jose, CA