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.

NI CHESS enables flexible software-driven, lab-based RF validation to reduce costs and risks of field testing.

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, ...

An RF wireless power tester prototype from Rohde & Schwarz helps to advance AirFuel Alliance RF standardization efforts. The setup, built with the company’s test and measurement equipment and ...

Next-generation wireless applications are increasingly coping with new requirements for latency and higher data transmission rates, leading RF engineers to confront new test challenges at the ...

The power amplifier (PA) – as either a discrete component or part of an integrated front end module (FEM) – is one of the most integral RF integrated circuits (RFICs) in the modern radio. In this ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Aerospace & Defense (Applied) announced today that it is opening a new Radio Frequency (RF) test range and offering related services at its ...

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