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 ...

A tough challenge for test engineers is explored in terms of test methods, pitfalls, and measurement errors. For the test engineer, RF and microwave power amplifier testing imposes unique challenges.

A typical phone must work with different technologies and transmit GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, and LTE signals. Each of these technologies has different bandwidth, and power requirements. LTE and ...

This “Product How-To” article focuses how to use a certain product in an embedded system and is written by a company representative. Audio amplifier products are becoming more and more advanced in ...