Passives: Making an Impact

摘要

Passive microwave components are electrical elements without gain or directionality, yet they perform a range of functions such as signal attenuation, filtering, dividing/combining and routing. Designed for every medium from RF boards to System in Packages (SiP) to integrated circuits (MMIC/ RFIC), passives are ubiquitous and essential. Driven by complex communication systems, today's passives must address high performance and unprecedented miniaturization at the lowest possible cost. Given these demands, considerable engineering effort is focused on developing enhanced passive devices.