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This Word document contains some schematic symbols for use in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
and Excel files for reports and presentations. If you happen to have Agilent ADS or AutoCAD,
you may find these tools more convenient for creating schematics. If you are a microwave
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Just double-click on a figure to edit it. When you are editing a figure, remember that everything
started out on a 0.05 inch grid. You may have to turn off the grid snap to get things to align
properly.
Around the pictures (inside the Microsoft Word Drawings) are invisible boxes with clear filling.
These are used to define the outside edges of the pictures.
Microsoft software does some peculiar things if you try to scale the pictures. We recommend
that if your picture is too big, you should work on decreasing the size of the elements inside the
picture rather than squeezing the entire picture down to size. Once you shrink any of the
schematic elements, all bets are off as to whether they will look aligned when you connect them
up.
It is very simple to copy from one picture to another. You need to double-click the picture you
are copying from, then click and control C the element you want to copy, then exit the picture,
click into the second picture and hit control V.
Good luck!

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Jumpers and
dots

Capacitors

Ground
symbols

Resistors

Inductors

Resistors, capacitors and inductors

FB

Coax, ferrite bead

MOSFETs

MESFET

NMOS

BJT NPN

PMOS

BJT NPN
FETS and transistors

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Port 2

Port 1

Port 1

Port 3
Port 1

Port 2

Pi attenuator

Port 3
Port 2

Port 1

Port 2

Tee attenuator
Circulators and isolators

Attenuators, circulators and isolators

RF
IF

LO

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RF
IF

LO
Double-balanced mixers

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Inside only

Outside only

Inside/outside

DC Blocks
RF only

Bias tee

RF & DC

RF

IF
LO

DC only
Mixer

Diodes

Variable
attenuator

Zener

Phase
shifter

Diodes, DC blocks, mixer, phase shifter/attenuator

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HPF
F

BPF

LPF

BSF

Lumped element filters

Flow
Flow
Fmed

Fhigh

Fhigh
Diplexer
Triplexer

Filters and multiplexers

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Lumped element filters

LP Pi

HP Pi

LP Tee

HP Tee

Lumped Filters

SPDT

SPST

SP3T
Switches

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Single box hybrid

0.707 Z0

Vin
(port 1)

0.707 Vin<-90
(port 2)

Z0

isolated port
(port 4)

Z0
0.707 Vin<180
(port 3)

0.707 Z0
all arms are
in length

Double box hybrid

Z0

Vin
(port 1)

Z0

2.414 Z0

1.414 Z0

Z0

isolated port
(port 4)

0.707 Vin<180
(port 2)
2.414 Z0
0.707 Vin<-90
(port 3)

Z0
all arms are
in length

Unequal-split hybrid power divider

VIN
(port 1)

Z0A

Z0B

isolated port
(port 4)

PA
(port 2)
Z0B

Z0A

PB
(port 3)

all arms are

in length

Branchline hybrid couplers

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PIN

PB

PA

isolated port

Unequal split rat race coupler

0.707 Vin<90
(port 2)

Vin
(port 1)

0.707 Vin<-90
(port 4)

isolated port
(port 3)

Equal-split rat race coupler

Rat race coupler

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2 Z0, /4

Port 2

Port 1
2Z0
2 Z0, /4

Port 3

Basic 3 dB Wilkinson splitter

Port 2
(50 )

/4

Port 1
(50 )

59.4

100

59.4

/4
42

Port 3
(50 )

/4

Wilkinson with input transformer (Z0=50

/4
/4

Port 1
(50 )

56.3
66.0

/4
39.8

Port 2
(50 )

66.6
/4

93.7

155.5

56.3

Port 3
(50 )

/4
Two stage Wilkinson with input transformer
/4
/4
PIN
(port 1)

Z0C
Z0

/4

PA
(port 2)

RW
Z0D
/4

PB
(port 3)

Unequal split Wilkinson power divider

Wilkinson power splitters

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N-section Wilkinson
ZN-1

Z1

Z2

Port 2

ZN
Port 1
ZN

RN

RN-1

ZN-1

R2
Z2

R1

Z1

Port 3

N-section Wilkinson - odd mode

ZN

ZN-1

Z2

Z1

Port 2
Zin,odd
odd

0 ohms

0.5xRN

0.5xRN-1

0.5xR2

0.5xR1

N-section Wilkinson - even mode

ZN

ZN-1

Z2

Z1

Port 2
Zin,even
odd

2xZ0

N-section Wilkinson, Even/odd modes

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High-pass/low-pass

Switched filter - High-pass

SW1

L1

SW1

Bypass state

C1

L1

Hi-pass state

C1

L1

L1

SW2

SW2

Q1
Q1

Q1

L1

L1

Q2

L2

L1

L1

C1

Q2

L2

C1

L1

L1

Q2

L2

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Phase shifters
Port 2

/4

Port 2

Port 1
Port 1
/4

Port 3

Port 3
Series SPDT switch

Shunt SPDT switch

/4
Port 2

Port 2
Port 1

Port 1

/4
Port 3

Port 3

Series-shunt SPDT switch

Series-shunt-shunt SPDT switch

/4
Port 2

/4
Port 1

/4
/4

Port 3

Shunt-shunt SPDT
switch

Switch configurations

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3 Z0, /4

Port 2
Z0

Port 1
3 Z0, /4
3 Z0, /4

Port 3
Z0

Z0
Port 4

Three-way Wilkinson splitter, star resistors

3 Z0, /4
Port 1
3 Z0, /4

Port 2
Port 3

3Z0
3Z0

3 Z0, /4

3Z0
Port 4

Three-way Wilkinson splitter, delta resistors

Three-way Wilkinsons
Z0/3

Port 2

Z0/3

Port 3

Z0/3
Port 1

Y-type 6 dB resistive splitter

Z0

Port 2

Z0

Port 1
Z0

Port 3

Delta-type 6 dB resistive splitter

Resistive splitters

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R1

Z1

Z2

R2

L-pad matching network (Z1>Z2)

L-Pad
R1
Port 2

Port 1

R2

Z0

Z0
R3
Port 3
R4

Owen resistive splitter

Z0

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0.707 Vin<-90
(port 2)
all arms are
in length

isolated port
(port 4)

Z3

Z2

Z4

Z2

Z4

R=Z0

Z1

Vin
(port 1)

R=Z0
Z3

Equal-split Gysel

0.707 Vin<-90
(port 3)

isolated port
(port 5)

Gysel power splitter

Detector
diode
RF
In

Input
matching
network

Video
out
RF
choke

Bypass
cap

Basic
detector
Detector circuits

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Cell

Multiple cells (as

in a flashlight)

Battery

Multiple
batteries (ganged
for more current)

Multiple batteries (ganged for more voltage)

Meters, power supplies and batteries

Series
resonance

Parallel
resonance

C
C
R

Resonant circuits

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MOSFETs and Drivers

Logic

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Mixer
IF

RF

RF
Input

pad
IF
output

LO

LNA

IF amp

LO
Input
Receivers

Microwave Capacitor model

C

LS

CP
Capacitor model

ESR

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Current
source

Lossless transmission
line model

General transmission line model

DC
Voltage
source

AC
Voltage
source

L'

L'

R'

C'

G'

C'
+
-

Voltage and current sources, transmission line model

Capacitive switch

Three-terminal Ohmic switch

Four-terminal Ohmic
switch

VA
VA
VA1

MEMS switches

VA2

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Coupled
port

Input
port

Input
port

Direct
port

Isolated
port

Output
port
Balanced amp

Lange couplers. balanced amp

Carrier amplifier
0.707 Z0
Z0

Z0

Input
port

Z0

Z0

0.707 Z0

0.707 Z0

Peaking amplifier
Doherty amp

Doherty amp

Output
port

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Driver
amp

SW2

Power
amp

Circulator
To
antenna

Attenuator

Phase
shifter

SW1

To
manifold

Commonleg amp
LNA

Limiter Isolator

Driver
amp

Power
amp

SW3

Phase
shifter
To
manifold

Attenuator

SW1

Pre-amp

TR modules

LNA

Limiter

SW2

To
antenna

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The FET images below came from James. Thanks!!

Depletion mode MOSFET

Enhancement Mode MOSFET

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p Channel JFET

n-channel JFET