How to Design an RF Power Amplifier
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This course provides a foundation for understanding how power amplifier circuits work. 

Learn:

  • Why Power Amplifiers are categorized into classes and how they are different
  • How to develop your design approach and run a simulation for the amplifier class you are designing
  • Keysight Advanced Design System with bundle W3606B for Freq/time domain non-linear designs with digitally modulated signals and RFPro EM simulation
Lessons
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Lesson 1 - How to Design an RF Power Amplifier

Introduces RF power amplifiers and their key parameters. This lesson discusses what RF power amplifiers are, how they work, and the different parameters that are used to characterize them.
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Lesson 2 - Class A, AB, and B Power Amplifiers

Learn the different classes of RF power amplifiers and how they work. RF power amplifiers are devices that amplify RF signals. There are six different classes of RF power amplifiers: Class A, Class B, Class AB, Class C, Class D, and Class E. Each class of amplifier has its own advantages and disadvantages.
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Lesson 3 - Class F Power Amplifiers

Examine Class F RF power amplifiers, which are known for their high efficiency.

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Lesson 4 - Class E Power Amplifiers

Examine Class E RF power amplifiers, which are known for their high efficiency and linearity.

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Lesson 5 - Class J Power Amplifiers

Explore the design process for RF power amplifiers. It covers the different steps involved in designing an amplifier, such as choosing the amplifier class, selecting the components, and simulating the amplifier. The lesson also discusses the importance of stability in RF power amplifiers.
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Application Notes

Designing an Advanced MMIC Amplifier

There are many design steps required for the development and manufacture of MMIC circuits, as illustrated in the MMIC Design Flow. Advanced Design System (ADS) is a central part of the complete MMIC design flow, and is used throughout this process. This application note illustrates, through the design of an MMIC amplifier, several of the common problems faced in designing, simulating, and producing a physical layout of an MMIC circuit, as well as the validation steps that are needed to verify that the physical layout still produces the desired result.

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Application Notes

Extracting Measurement based Simulation Models for Power Amplifiers

This application note will describe how to build simulation models for power amplifiers using Keysight’s ANN engine.
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Software

W3608B ADS Core, EM Design, Layout, RFPro, RF Ckt Sim, Sys-Ckt Verification, Complete VTBs

ADS and EM design environments with 3D RF layout for multi-technology RF module design and module level DRC/LVS/LVL verification for error-free assembly.
Related Use Case
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How to Design A Stable RF Power Amplifier

Perform high-frequency RF power amplifier stability analysis comprehensively using EDA software supporting Winslow probes
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