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Effect of substituting ferrites with ordinary resistors in PA circuit?
Hi,
I am currently trying to debug somebody else's UHF telemetry transmitter design. My primary concern at present is that the PA module (RF Micro- devices 2117) datasheet states that ferrites of certain values should be put in series with the bias voltage, power down control voltage and RF input. On the PCB I am evaluating, the ferrites have been substituted with ordinary thick film SMD resistors of the same ohmic values. My question, then, is the following: In what way is it likely that this affects the operation of the PA? -Nonlinear operation because of noisy supply voltage? -Excessive intermodulation due to stray RF being let into the chip? -Anything else? I am not very experienced in applied electronics, I am afraid - the MSc. studies I am currently undertaking focus (way to much!) on the theoretical approach. Sigh. Thanks in advance for any qualified guesses! -- 73 de LB1LF Odd Erling, ARK This message transmitted on 100% recycled electrons. |
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