A circuit or component is resonant when its physical or electrical characteristics cause it to vibrate or oscillate efficiently at a target frequency. In this state, the opposing reactive forces within the circuit neutralize each other. Designers build resonant tanks to filter out unwanted noise or to generate stable clock signals.
Make sure the antenna trace is fully resonant at the carrier frequency before we run the matching network.
Related terms
Resonance
The state in an LC circuit where capacitive and inductive reactances cancel each other out.
Quartz crystal
A precisely cut piece of piezoelectric quartz used to generate a highly stable oscillating frequency.
Band-pass
Describing a circuit or filter that allows a specific range of frequencies to pass while blocking those outside the range.