Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Distributed element circuit

Distributed element circuit

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 24, 2019 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:01, 20 September 2019 (UTC)



Distributed element circuits are electrical circuits composed of lengths of transmission lines or other distributed components. Used mostly at microwave frequencies, they perform the same functions as conventional circuits composed of passive components, such as capacitors, inductors, and transformers. They are built by patterning the conducting medium itself, rather than connecting pre-manufactured components with the medium. A major advantage is that they can be produced cheaply on printed circuit boards for consumer products, such as satellite television. They are also made in coaxial and waveguide formats for applications such as radar, satellite communication, and microwave links. Distributed element circuits were used in radar in World War II, and later in military, space, and broadcasting infrastructure. Improvements in materials science led to broader applications, and they can now be found in domestic products such as satellite dishes and mobile phones.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Planar transmission line from Today's featured article/March 15, 2019. As far as I know, there has been nothing else since Waveguide filter in 2014.
 * Main editors: Primary editor and FAC nominator was Spinningspark. Maury Markowitz made a non-trivial content contribution and Miniapolis provided copyediting.
 * Promoted: 25 August 2019
 * Reasons for nomination: This article covers an important, but rather hidden, group of technologies in electronics. It is the top level article for a number of other Wikipedia articles, some of which have previously been featured.  Technical articles are rare at FA, and electronic technical articles are pretty much non-existent once the ones I have written are subtracted.
 * Support as nominator. SpinningSpark 15:54, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Looks good. - Dank (push to talk) 16:35, 14 September 2019 (UTC)