Designers of mobile handsets and wireless networking products know that the power amplifier (PA) is a make or break component in terms of performance, footprint, and battery life. Selecting the right ...

In this exclusive series, Chipworks, one of the world's leading IC reverse-engineering houses, provides detailed functional and circuit analysis of significant new integrated circuits. Coupling actual ...

This diagram shows the standard layout of transistors in cell phone power amplifiers, at left, and a new highly efficient amplifier design, at right. The new design could help make possible ...

Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs) implemented in Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology have emerged as a critical component in modern analog and mixed-signal systems. These ...

Learn how power amplifiers work, the common types, and what to lookout for when shopping for amps. You have to find out if the amplifier is a Class A/B analog amp or a Class D digital amplifier before ...

Marki Microwave, an innovator in the radio frequency (RF) and microwave industry for more than 30 years, has announced the ...