Something has me really stumped: Since cascading two 50 ohm BP filters can lead to big trouble*, wouldn't similar problems occur when connecting a 50 ohm filter to the input of, let's say, a narrowband LNA? Or to the output of a PA? Would the narrowband LNA (or PA) disrupt the filter's response, since the filter will now no longer see a wideband 50 ohm termination at one of its ports? I know I'm missing something here, but I just can't figure out what...
Thanks,
Bill
- Since the BP filters themselves are expecting to see only a very wideband 50 ohm termination at both in/out ports in order to function as designed -- but when two filters are cascaded the passbands of these