Mar
2022
June 6 - 16, 2022
This course is being offered live online in 8 sessions over a two week period. Each daily session will last approximately 3 to 4 hours and start at 12:00PM Pacific time. The first 4 sessions will be presented on June 6 to 9 with the next 4 sessions presented on June 13 to 16.
Power amplifiers are crucially important in determining a communications system cost, efficiency, size, and weight. Designing high power / high efficiency amplifiers that satisfy the system requirements (bandwidth, linearity, spectral mask, etc.) is challenging. It involves difficult trade-offs, proper understanding of the theory, and careful attention to details. Additionally, designing, building, and testing power amplifiers usually pushes test equipment and lab components to their limits and frequently results in damage to the circuit or lab equipment. This course will examine the different aspects of this challenge with emphasis on hand-on exercises and practical tips to build power amplifiers successfully. This course will include thorough information on GaN power amplifiers. Differences between GaN pHEMT, Si LDMOS,GaAs MESFETs, and SiGe will be discussed.