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 ...

Santa Clara, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the availability of a new gain compression application (GCA) for its PNA-X network analyzer. This new application provides fast, accurate ...

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, ...

In the process of creating various products that deal with analog signals, one frequently requested function is automatic gain control. This feature is needed to control the amplitude of a given input ...