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This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.
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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
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Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.
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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a T-pad attenuator.
A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.
This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
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A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
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SPICE is a computer program designed to simulate analog electronic…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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