EDN

A New Coaxial Flow Calorimeter for Accurate RF Power Measurements up to 100 Watts and 1GHz

This method has been refined over the years, and NIST reports that they can now calibrate transfer standards with an uncertainty of 0.67% [3][8] for 100 W measurements below 1 GHz. This uncertainty ...
EDN

Log RF power detector features 75 dB dynamic range over 40 MHz to 3.8 GHz

Milpitas, CA — A monolithic broadband, high performance logarithmic RF power detector, the LT5538 from Linear Technology provides accurate RF power measurement over a wide frequency range covering the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Revising 5G RF Calibration Procedures For RF IC Production Testing

Modern radio frequency (RF) components introduce many challenges to outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) suppliers whose objective is to ensure products are assembled and tested to meet ...
Electronic Design

GaN Devices Raising the Output-Power Performance Bar

What are the different materials are used in creating GaN power transistors? The impact of heat on performance. A rundown of high-power RF GaN transistors currently on the market. Solid-state power ...
Electronic Design

Engineering Essentials: What is Power-Supply Accuracy?

How accuracy is defined in DC programmable power supplies How and why the power supply experiences voltage output errors How to wire test leads and sense leads for accurate measurements When testing ...