Product Specification
PE45450
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Evaluation Kit
The power limiter EVK board was designed to
ease customer evaluation of Peregrine’s
PE45450. The bi-directional RF input and
output are connected to RF1 and RF2 port
through a 50Ω transmission line via SMA
connectors J2 and J3. A through 50Ω
transmission line is available via SMA
connectors J5 and J6. This transmission line
can be used to estimate the loss of the PCB
over the environmental conditions being
evaluated. The 2-pin connector J4 is
connected to the external bias V
CTRL
.
The board is constructed of a four metal layer
material with a total thickness of 62 mils. The
top RF layer is Rogers RO4350B material with
a 6.6 mil RF core and Er = 3.66. The middle
layers provide ground for the transmission
lines. The transmission lines were designed
using a coplanar waveguide with ground plane
model using a trace width of 13.5 mils, trace
gaps of 10 mils, and metal thickness of
2.1 mils.
Figure 16. Evaluation Board Layout
PRT-51452