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balajisu
 Post subject: lumped element balun design
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:03 pm 
 
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Location: Germantown,MD

hi all

i'm trying to design a lumped element balun

frequency of interest- 100Hz to 40MHz.

I'm trying to synthesis a balun using Genesys tool.

Haven't succeeded in it.

jus have a crzy thought :

if incase i design three baluns in the following bands

a. 100Hz to 1MHz

b. 1MHz to 10MHz

c. 10MHz to 40MHz.

Is there anyway that i can combine these three circuits to realise a balun for the whole frequency range 100Hz to 40MHz.

Is there anyother better way to approach this design issue.

Any valuable suggestions are welcome.

thanks

balaji


 
   
 
malvinas2
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:32 am 
The freeware program "AppCAD" contains a calculator for lumped element baluns. Or why don't you buy a balun for 2 $ at www.minicircuits.com ?

Posted  11/12/2012