Re: Datasheet-flation?

The data sheet ain't bad, for an RF part. It actually has DC curves.

But what happens if you try to use it below 0.45 GHz?

There was a division of GE that didn't call parts Rs or Ls or anything on schematics. They just gave a part a number. Not R141, just 141.

It seems that the block diagram on page 1 may establish the caliber of the documentation. :-(

(What's the emoticon for hold your nose?) Ed

It's not even a block.

The RF geeks like to call fet pins RF_IN and RF_OUT and RF_COM, whereas normal people say gate, drain, source. Maybe compromise on SOME and MORE and NONE.

And their biasing algorithm is usually "turn the pot until it works."

I use $100 RF switches and PHEMTs and MMICs and $300 distributed amp chips in time domain, to make pulses. The data sheets are pretty much useless to me. You never know if a part will actually work under 100 MHz (some won't) , or if that's as low as their VNA will go.

Mini-Circuits has assured me that they have no interest in amplifying pulses and will never have Spice models for their parts.

I wonder if Q-spice is intended to bring RF design into the 20th Century. It's the 21st already so it's overdue.

We had to add a DC block here, and it didn't help that some of the RF parts were poorly specified.

And for SOT-143 fets, i believe that every possible pin numbering scheme has been used, including the FxxxR (reversed pinout) versions, CW and CCW numbers.

And the bigfoot can be on the left or the right side. It's usually a source pin. The one across from it is the gate or sometimes the drain. Not to mention enhancement and depletion and wirebonds tuned to one band.

So when CEL EOLs a part, which they enjoy doing, it's a nuisance to find a replacement.