ferrite limiter

ferrite limiter

[′fe‚rīt ′lim·əd·ər]

(electromagnetism)

A passive, low-power microwave limiter having an insertion loss of less than 1 decibel when operating in its linear range, with minimum phase distortion; the input signal is coupled to a single-crystal sample of either yttrium iron garnet or lithium ferrite, which is biased to resonance by a magnetic field. Also known as ferrite attenuator.

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