New-Tech Europe | June 2017

Yoni2 - Smarter than Specs

of testing and characterization for every part we sell. As a result, in addition to product specs, we maintain avast library of complete

characteristic performance data swept over frequency for the parameters of interest of every model in our catalog and engineering database. We’vealways provided test data as a resource to customers evaluating parts for their designs, andthe accumulation of this data is what ultimately enabled our development of a more sophisticated product search tool. Mindful of the limitations of specs alone, Mini-Circuits developed Yoni2, a patented search engine that searches customer performance criteria against millions of points of measured characteristic performance data rather than single-value specs. The program bounds the search to data points that fall within the customer’s defined application band, so the search only includes performance relevant to the customer’s application bandwidth, and omits data over extraneous frequencies, producing search results more tailored to the customer’s specific needs.

Mini-Circuits’ absolute commitment to quality includes an extensive program

Figure 3: Yoni2 includes PGA-103+ in search results based on characteristic performance within the customer’s specified bandwidth

Figure 4: Search results for surface mount amplifier with 13 dB minimum gain from 50 to 1000 MHz, including PGA-103+. Not all search results pictured

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