Passive Component Selection

Overview

Passive components (resistors, capacitors, and inductors)are used throughout all MPI related systems and more generally, form the foundation of analog electronics. It is no surprise then that the implications of these base-level component selections are widespread and profound. In the context of MPI there are typically two major sites where passive component selection is critical, the Tx and Rx chain.

After accepting that passives are both important and variable, the question of what makes a component well-suited for MPI arises. First, it needs to handle the appropriate power. Next, it should be linear and drift minimally, and last it ideally would be space- and cost-effective.

Resistors

Capacitors

Inductors

This page is under development. We are working on assembling more literature in a coherent manner, but in the meantime, there is a list of resources below to reference, which in any case will have more thorough (albeit less focused) information than this discussion

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Literature