On visiting a high-performance GaAs fab, I was shown a problem with the measurement system. The on-wafer test system was calibrated using a power meter and on-wafer standards, using the built-in ...

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 ...

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, ...