Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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#261 In this video I start looking at the Power Splitter-Combiner component basics. While this is a vast subject, we all need to start somewhere, so today I look at the basic parameters of interests as well as observe two of the most common and simplest implementations - the T junction and resistor splitters.

Signal Splitter Series:
Ep1: Signal Splitter Basics: youtu.be/dKzI2XFq57U
Ep2: Transformer Splitters: youtu.be/i14QqZtKtqg
Ep3: 3way splitters: youtu.be/Y8FDebmqnhE
Ep4: Wilkinson Splitters: youtu.be/yckYljQioCY


Further reading:
minicircuits.com/app/AN10-006.pdf
highfrequencyelectronics.com/Jan08/HFE0108_GrebennikovPart2.pdf
picotest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Application-Note-TDR-Measurement-using-J2154A-and-MSO68B-Oscope-9-12-24-1.pdf

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