Amateur ExtraE6D09
What devices are commonly used as VHF and UHF parasitic suppressors at the input and output terminals of a transistor HF amplifier?
C
Answer
Components and circuit devices
Type
A
Electrolytic capacitors
B
Butterworth filters
C
Ferrite beads
D
Steel-core toroids
Answer Notes
Ferrite beads are highly effective at suppressing unwanted high-frequency oscillations, known as parasitic oscillations, in the VHF and UHF ranges. When slipped over a wire, the ferrite bead acts as an RF choke that presents a high impedance to high-frequency signals while allowing lower-frequency HF signals and DC to pass with minimal loss.
Electrolytic capacitors are used for low-frequency filtering or power supply decoupling, not for suppressing VHF/UHF parasitics at RF terminals. Steel-core toroids are unsuited for RF due to high eddy current losses, and Butterworth filters are complex multi-component networks, rather than simple component-level suppressors.
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