Monthly Archives: December 2014

SMD prototyping

Posted on 11 December, 2014 by Thomas S. Knutsen

I was asked about the method I use for making small PCB’s with SMD components. Here is a video showing the process:

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Any benefit to grounding crystal cases?

Posted on 9 December, 2014 by Thomas S. Knutsen

An while ago, I was asked about if there was any benefit to ground the crystal case when using them in ladder filters. I provided an quite simplified analysis and a VNA picture. After some more thinking about it I … Continue reading →

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