Measuring RF Power Sensor Nonlinearity RF power sensor linearity is a commonly misunderstood topic. To obtain the most accurate power measurements, though, you need to understand what linearity is, ...

The output power of an RF or microwave system is a key determinant of its performance. For this reason, signal power is measured at every stage of a system’s lifecycle from the design and prototyping ...

Faced with the need to measure RF power, you may not know where to start. Power meters and sensors have been available for many years, and there are many models to choose from. When wireless progress ...

Yozo Shimada and Kazuhiro Shimaoka, Electromagnetic Waves Division, the Metrology Institute of Japan of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST; President: Ryoji ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In August, this column took up some aspects of the measurement of DTV transmitter power output.

Wireless communications products that depend on RF principles are everywhere these days, and the growth rate is astonishing. From cell phones and wireless PDAs to Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, Bluetooth ...

Recently, a reader wrote to me seeking a copy of a paper on measuring the transient peak-to-average power ratio of DTV signals. So perhaps the topic of DTV signal power, which is so different from ...

Howdy guys - I have an XPA-2 amp hooked up to a pair of B&W683's and am curious how many watts (in real time) I am using. I am not worried about over driving the speakers or worried that the amp is ...

As you can see, there are a number of variables and the answer is simply not that straight forward. When conducting amplifier measurements, we tend to be a bit more forgiving with receivers than multi ...

RF power sensor linearity is a commonly misunderstood topic. To obtain the most accurate power measurements, though, you need to understand what linearity is, the sources of nonlinearity, and how to ...

The output power of an RF or microwave system is a key determinant of its performance. For this reason, signal power is measured at every stage of a system’s lifecycle from the design and prototyping ...