RF amplifier basics Jul 1, 2003 12:00 PM, By John Battison, P.E., technical editor, RF With so much attention on IBOC, it is appropriate to step back and review the basic principles of RF amplifiers.

In Part 1 of this article, we introduced RF design using op amps. In Part 2, we address practical circuit examples of RF and intermediate frequency (IF) amplifiers. Part 1 of this article introduced ...

Originally, operational amplifiers (op amps) were not thought of as candidates for RF design, but the advent of newer, faster devices has now made them an attractive option for some applications. The ...

Evaluating S-parameters and other CW stimulus responses is essential for characterising rf amplifiers. An rf vector network analyser (VNA) plays a critical role for this purpose, and proper ...