A Termination Insensitive Amplifier for Bidirectional Transceivers

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W7ZOI Design

Paper - A Termination Insensitive Amplifier for Bidirectional Transceivers - W7ZOI (Wes Hayward) design

  • Termination Insensitive - input impedance that does not depend upon the output load
  • Bi-directional - amplifiers in both directions
  • 50 ohms in/out
  • BNC or SMA Connectors
  • Transformer-less
  • Power applied to one half at a time - determines signal flow direction
  • Use
    • Between RF/LO mixer (IF output/input) and crystal filter
    • Between Crystal Filter and Product Detector / Balanced Modulator

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Schematic in KiCAD

  • Single channel
  • With SPICE directives

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  • Both channels
  • With SPICE directives

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NGSPICE Simulation

  • NGSPICE run from KiCAD
  • +24 dB @12V
  • 2N3904 pin order
    • KiCAD order
    • NGSPICE order

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  • Closely matches

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  • Across Band

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CAD

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SMT Build

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Assembly Sheet