Engineering Resources

RF & Microwave Toolbox

Professional calculators and reference formulas for high-frequency hardware design.

System Cascade Chain Builder

Interactive drag-and-drop block diagram for cascade Gain, Noise Figure, and OIP3/IIP3 analysis.

Components

System Results

Gain
7.00 dB
NF
1.99 dB
OIP3
10.24 dBm
IIP3
3.24 dBm
Drag & Connect from left to right

Receiver Link Budget

Evaluate detailed gain and noise figure requirements across an RF receiver front-end.

System Receiver Analysis (MDS & SFDR)

Performance Metrics
Thermal Noise Floor -97.49 dBm
Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) 61.66 dB
Receiver Sensitivity -85.49 dBm

PLL Loop Filter Synthesis

Calculate 3rd order passive loop filters for Phase-Locked Loops and Frequency Synthesizers.

PLL Loop Filter Synthesis (2nd Order Passive)

Filter Components
Shunt Capacitor (C1) 2.62 nF
Series Capacitor (C2) 12.67 nF
Series Resistor (R2) 303.38 Ω