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Why not just inductively couple to traces, assuming you have microstrip
traces around that you can get to? Then you could use a common MMIC amplifier to get back up to a decent signal level. I'm thinking here of something essentially like the microstrip quadrature coupler I pointed you to, except the coupled line is in a probe, and is quite a bit shorter than a quarter wave. That just reduces the coupling. You adjust the coupling by how close you hold the probe to the trace you want to monitor. (The coupling really is a combination of inductive and capacitive, I guess.) I often probe with a tiny coil of wire at the end of a piece of coax, the other end of the coax terminated in a 50-ohm instrument (spectrum analyzer or scope). The coil might be two or three turns close-wound #32 AWG, a tenth of an inch in diameter. Just hold it close to traces that carry current and you'll pick up signal. (It's the cheap & simple version of the coupler idea.) Cheers, Tom |
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