A power amplifier (PA) is an essential component, playing a key role in the realization of many microwave and millimetre-wave systems. PA applications span a broad range of areas, among Which telecommunications, radar, electronic warfare, heating, and medical microwave imaging represent just a few examples. Given such extremely diversified fields, PA specifications may greatly differ in operating, technological and design requirements. As a consequence, a wide variety of PA realizations results, from travelling-wave tube amplifiers in satellite payloads to solid-state amplifiers for personal wireless communication handsets, from microwave heating tubes to amplifiers composing hyperthermia apparatus. You can optimize & matching the LNA and Power Amplifiers with Optenni software as well. 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.

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