While it might seem counterintuitive on the surface, there are a number of cases where dumping a large amount of energy into a resistor simply to turn it into heat is necessary to the operation of a ...

I sold low-power FM transmitters in a former job, and one of the things I learned is that most customers lacked a suitable dummy load for testing. In new LPFM or translator applications, you can save ...

Conformal load-bearing antenna structures (CLAS) represent an innovative integration of communication technology with structural composite materials. By embedding microstrip antennas within composite ...

This dummy-load circuit, which is useful for testing power supplies and power amplifiers, is based on the Maxim MAX6006 voltage-reference IC and MAX480 operational amplifier. This dummy-load circuit ...

More than 175 miles above Earth on Monday, nitrogen gas inflated an antenna the size of a tennis court. NASA hopes the experiment also has expanded options for cheaply putting bulky equipment into ...

Like most engineers, I have used dummy loads spanning DC through RF, and from a few watts to hundreds of watts. Most of these loads were built up from basic resistors, and in some cases special ...