What every RF design engineer needs these days is a good all-purpose IC RF amplifier. You don’t want to have to design basic circuits like this yourself. Yet the need is always there for a gain block ...

This article presents the challenges in designing RF power amplifier efficiency. It briefly describes the use of different amplifiers and techniques to create an effective result. This article ...

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.

When choosing an RF instrument, it’s easy to get lost in some of the many specifications that vendors use to characterize an instrument’s performance. Moreover, in a world where wireless technologies ...

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) or Pulse Duration Modulation (PDM) is a technique of converting analog signals into rectangular waveforms. The width of the waveform varies in proportion with the ...

This article originally appeared in TV Technology. Anyone who has worked with high-power TV transmitters using IOTs or two-way radio repeaters using the same antenna for transmit and receive knows ...