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Evolving market requirements are demanding a higher level of performance from resistive products. Aside from the challenge of dissipating higher power levels in a smaller footprint, passive components must also operate under high peak-power stresses. As radio detection and ranging (RADAR) becomes more prevalent in various industries, including the commercial sector, peak power requirements will continue to evolve and hopefully at some point become standard. In addition to today’s traditional RADAR applications, many modern communication applications exploit various properties of burst transmission, which can have significant peak power levels requiring processing. This requirement has generated a market need for passive products designed and manufactured specifically to dissipate high-peak power events, for the life of the product. The objective of this paper is to describe high-power test methodologies as related to Florida RF Labs resistive products, with an emphasis on pulsed power. This paper will provide a primer on high power passive product construction, specification and test methodologies for acceptance.
Whether you need spectrum monitoring, WiFi and WiFi5 installation and testing, RF and microwave signal measurements or cellular signal measurements, the MS2724B Spectrum Master is the tool to make your job easier and more productive.
Anritsu Company has developed high-performance measurement solutions ideally suited for WiMAX Fixed and Mobile equipment testing, including the Anritsu Signature™ MS2781B High-Performance Signal Analyzer, the MS2690A/MS2691A Signal Analyzers, the MG3700A Vector Signal Generator, and the BTS Master™ MT8222A handheld base station analyzer.
True or false: 30 dBm + 30 dBm = 60 dBm? Why does 1% work out to be -40 dB one time but then 0.1 dB or 0.05 dB the next time? These questions sometimes leave even experienced engineers scratching their heads. Decibels are found everywhere, including power levels, voltages, reflection coefficients, noise figures, field strengths and more. What is a decibel and how should we use it in our calculations? This Application Note is intended as a refresher on the subject of decibels.
