What is inside a Mini-Circuits ZFL-2000 RF Amplifier? Had a few minutes to take a quick look inside one of these RF Amps. Didn’t learn much, and was surprised to see a fully-cased (pins) amplifier module inside. Would take a lot more effort to disassemble further…
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https://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/ZFL-2000+.pdf
Photo inside of the RF Amp, showing a small printed wiring board connecting the SMA jacks and power/GND pins to the module within. Disassembly would require removing the SMA jacks, unsoldering the center pins, removing the four screws and extracting the module/PWB from the case. Too much work just to see what module is used...
Photo of a Mini-Circuits ZFL-2000 RF amplifier module with SMA female connectors on each side. Power and GND pins are on the side adjacent to the RF connectors.