Wikipedia is only as good as the person writing the entry. Who here thinks a varactor tripler is not active? Sure, it's not that efficent, but 10W of UHF to make 3W of 1.2GHz is a pretty impressive feat.
On 10/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10/24/2007 19:26, you wrote: > > >I would consider anything that uses a semi-condutor material to be > >active, Silicon and Germanium transistors included. > > According to Wikipedia, a passive device is a device that is not capable of > power gain. If it is capable of power gain, it is an active device. > > If needed, I can probably dig up some definition in an IEEE reference that > essentially says the same thing. > > Bob NO6B > >
