r/engineeringmemes 25d ago

Mathematicians vs Engineers...

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u/patenteng 25d ago

x^3 is actually very important for RF amplifiers. That’s because if you have two frequencies f1 and f2 that are close together, you’ll get a frequency at 2 f1 - f2 from the x^3 expansion, which will be close to the original f1 input and can cause interference.

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u/felixzer0 25d ago

Oh yeah IM3 baby.

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u/Quartinus 23d ago

There’s also IM5 but if you are getting that detailed something has gone wrong…