The prime consumer of power in a wireless device is its RF power amplifier (PA), so assessing PA performance is critical. To maximize efficiency, the PA must operate as close as possible to its ...

Over the years, tutorials have appeared in EMC journals explaining how to estimate the power required from a power amplifier intended for use in an RF immunity test system. Little material, if any, ...

A scalar network analyzer provides fast, economical measurements of many amplifier parameters. This note describes gain, gain compression, isolation, and return loss (SWR) measurements using the ...

The design and modelling of power amplifiers are central to advancing high-frequency applications, including wireless communication, radar, and satellite systems. In these devices, accurately ...

at the top of this picture. Each board is two channels. An audio amplifier can boost the small incoming audio signal’s voltage by increasing its voltage, and current. The degree to which the amplifier ...

New HEMT and FET devices target satellite and microwave RF power applications. Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. has introduced several new devices that are ideal for satellite and other ...

Industrial and medical design continually push to improve product accuracy and speed. The analogue integrated circuit industry has generally keptup with speed requirements, but it is falling behind on ...

Most everyone that has ever purchased an external amplifier is at least familiar with the term voltage gain. Simply, it is the degree to which an amplifier actually ...

New GaAs pHEMT Amplifier Increases Gain by Up to 3.5 dB over the GRF2013, the Company’s Leading Amplifier Core GRF announces it is now sampling the GRF2113, a next-generation variant of its highly ...