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.

Amplification isn’t a difficult concept. You start with a small RF or microwave signal and make it into a large one. Ideally, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish between the two signals except by ...

Wireless Telecom Group's Boonton unit has launched AmplifierTest Bench, a new software package that simplifies the analysis, test, andcertification of pulsed and linear amplifiers. Furthermore, it ...

Aimed at test and other laboratory applications where instantaneous bandwidth, high gain, and moderate power output are required, the 350AH1 solid-state amplifier from AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation ...

As many of you are aware, I am not champion of the classic 1kHz instantaneous distortion vs power all channels driven test popularized by most of the major audio magazines as an accurate way of ...