Re: [amsat-bb] Follow-on: New Device for Homebrewers

[Michael Pfeuffer <wq5c@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I've had good luck acquiring samples just by requesting them.  If they ask, 
just describe the project in vague terms.  I don't mention I'm a ham, but 
have never been asked.  If they ask for a company name, just say it's a 
"midnight engineering" project in your garage.  For some reason, those seem 
to be the magic words.

I've not had dealings with this specific company, but many component 
vendors seem quite happy to get their stuff in the hands of circuit 
designers.  Who knows?  Maybe you'll come up with a nifty device that sells 
a gazillion of the components for them.

--Mike  WQ5C



At 10:50 AM 12/2/2003, wb4mle@surfbest.net wrote:

> >The device is the Infineon BFP640, it's an NPN SiGe transistor.
> >There is an article in the December Microwaves & RF (I think) that shows a
> >picture prototype.
>The Infineon site has the following design for this device:
>
>http://www.infineon.com/cmc_upload/documents/091/080/LWR_SD00032_LNA_P_BFP640_2_4GHzLNA_HighHfeSamplesurrent.pdf
>
>The board even has an Infineon part number but none of the
>distributors show it and the only in-stock distributors had a minimum
>of 3,000 devices/order. Wonder how this would work off-the-shelf for a
>2.4GHZ preamp.....
>--
>Eddie Seymour, WB4MLE
>E-Mail wb4mle@surfbest.net
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