RF Components

DC Blocks
DC Blocks act as a high-pass filter by blocking the DC current on the RF line. The main function is to protect devices which cannot withstand any additional DC current from the remainder of the RF line.

Impedance matching pads
Matching pads connect two systems with different impedances values (50 and 75 ohms) with minimal reflection.

Power dividers
These dividers are used to equally split an input signal into two 6dB output channels. (Not suitable for use as a combiner)

Diplexers
A diplexer basically acts as a splitter but is in addition capable of separating different frequency bands between both output channels. A diplexer therefore allows for instance efficient combining of WiMax and W-LAN signals within a distributed in-building cellular network equipped with broadband 6GHz antennas.

Couplers
Couplers are used in almost every field of the test+measurement and telecommunication markets, primarily to combine multi-band wireless antennas. They can be used to tap off one part of the input signal as either a combiner or divider.