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MIXER

WIRELESS
TERMS DICTIONARY

 
 
   

MIXER

A mixer is an electronic component that mixes two frequencies and creates several more based on them.  Basically a mixer is a transistor or similar component that will take two frequencies input to it and create more - mostly the sum and difference of those two frequencies plus related products.

See also the definition of mixing and of intermodulation.

 

Shows a good example of mixing - modulating in order to transmit long distances using a high frequency carrier (FM example)

     

 
 
     

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