Power Amplifier

• Introduction to Power Amplifier

• Definition of Power Amplifier Parameters

• Distortion Parameters

• Harmonic Distortion

• AM-AM/AM-PM

• Intermodulation Distortion (Second and Third order intermodulation)

• Intercept Point (IP3)

• Intermodulation Distortion Power ()

• Carrier to Intermodulation Ratio (C/I)

• Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR)

• Adjacent Channel Power Ratio(ACPR)

• Noise and Co-Channel Power Ratio (NPR and CCPR)

• Multi-tone Intermodulation Ratio (M-IMR)

• Error Vector Magnitude

• Class of Operation

• RF power device family

LNA matching for best Noise Figure and Gain in Optenni Lab

Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) matching is a fundamental RF design task. In general the best noise performance is achieved in a matching configuration that does not provide the highest gain. In this tutorial we consider the steps needed to find the input matching circuit that delivers the optimal noise figure (NF) of the LNA. We also consider the more challenging Carrier Aggregation (CA) matching problem where receiver bands A and B are connected to a multi throw SP2T switch branches. The challenge is that the noise matching for band A and B amplifiers must be close to ideal when only one of the bands is switched on, and when both of the bands are switched on. This course examples require use of Optenni Lab Professional Edition.