A tough challenge for test engineers is explored in terms of test methods, pitfalls, and measurement errors. For the test engineer, RF and microwave power amplifier testing imposes unique challenges.

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, ...

Keithley Instruments Inc has announced availability of a single-insertion RF and DC parametric test solution for probing wafers of processed communications and high-speed digital devices The S400DC/RF ...

Modern radio frequency (RF) components introduce many challenges to outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) suppliers whose objective is to ensure products are assembled and tested to meet ...

As part of the BEYOND5 project, CEA-Leti was responsible for developing a RF power module (FEM) combining three essential RF functions: a power amplifier (PA), which amplifies transmitted signals; a ...

Collaborations between colleges and electronics companies are growing to meet fast-changing engineering needs. In the latest collaboration, semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation ...

Saelig Company, Inc. rolled out the STE3000FAV2 patented RF Test Enclosure, designed to give forensics technicians a highly isolated bench-top environment to perform electronic device interrogations ...