Compact and Integrated Circulators
As the name suggests, compact and integrated circulators are circulators that have been designed in smaller sizes to ensure that they can be integrated into large-scale circuits. Here is a picture of a compact and integrated circulator that is used in industrial circuits.
Compact Circulators
Compact circulators are designed by the simple process of miniaturization. They are designed using technologies like miniaturized ferrite materials, compact waveguide structures, or surface-mount technology to ensure that they occupy less space without letting their performance be affected. It is necessary to ensure that these devices generate accurate outputs therefore, efficient techniques like microfabrication or precision machining are used for designing them.
Integrated Circulators
After a compact circulator is designed, it is important to integrate it into a larger circuit using different fabrication techniques. Integration is done to eliminate the need for any separate packing of the circulator. Integration is done by efficiently using the space available on the substrate which results in monolithic structures. Some devices that use integrated circulators include amplifiers, filters, or antennas, to form highly integrated RF/microwave modules.
Circulator
Circulators are important devices used in microwave engineering to deal with devices that use electromagnetic or radio waves. You might have heard of the non-metallic ferrite substances that are very popular due to their magnetic properties. In this article, we will discuss one such substance that uses ferrite material i.e. a circulator. We will study what is a circulator and what are the principles of operation of a circulator.
In this article, we will through what a microwave circulator is, we will start our article with the definition of circulators, and then we will go through the different types such as Ferrite Circulator, Non-Ferrite Circulator, Coaxial Circulator, Self-biased Junction Circulator and Microstrip Circulator, then we will go through its testing and measurements with its characteristics, at last, we will conclude our article with its Applications, Advantages and Disadvantages with some FAQs.
Table of Content
- Circulator
- Working
- Types
- Testing and Measurement
- Circulator Characteristics
- Applications
- Advantages and Disadvantages