Application Notes

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Technology Briefs

The History of Silicon-on-Sapphire
Single Event Effects in UltraCMOS™ Devices
Normalized Phase Noise in UltraCMOS™ Devices

Application Notes

RF and Broadband Switches

AN#	Product/Part#	Application Note Title
AN15	Switches	Impedance Matching the PE4210/20/30 RF Switches for 75-Ohm Applications
AN18	Switches	RF Switch Performance Advantages of UltraCMOS™ Technology over GaAs Technology
AN20	Switches	Multi-Port Handset Switch S-Parameters

Digital Step Attenuators (DSAs)

AN#	Product/Part#	Application Note Title
AN33	Attenuators	5-bit and 6-bit RF Digital Step Attenuator Compatibility
AN26	Attenuators	Advantages of UltraCMOS™ DSAs with Serial-Addressability

Phase Locked-Loop (PLLs) Frequency Synthesizers

AN#	Product/Part#	Application Note Title
AN10	PE3236, PE9601	Connecting the PE9601 and PE3236 Serial Bus Interface
AN14	PE3236, PE3501	Using the PE3501 Prescaler with the PE3236 PLL to Synthesize Frequencies up to 3.5 GHz
AN12	PLLs	Considerations for Using the PE323x/PE333x in Fractional-N or Sigma-Delta Designs
AN16	PLLs	Using Peregrine PLL in System Clock Applications
AN17	PLLs	OC-12 622.08 MHz Reference Clock Design

Prescalers

AN#	Product/Part#	Application Note Title
AN14	PE3501, PE3236	Using the PE3501 Prescaler with the PE3236 PLL to Synthesize Frequencies up to 3.5 GHz

Hi-Rel Products

AN#	Product/Part#	Application Note Title
AN10	PE9601, PE3236	Connecting the PE9601 and PE3236 Serial Bus Interface
AN22	PE97022	AN22: Migrating from PE9702 to PE97022
AN23	PE97042	AN23: Migrating from PE9704 to PE97042
AN24	PE97632	AN24: Migrating from PE9763 to PE97632