5 March 2011

AWR and Rohde & Schwarz to host ‘LNA Design and Characterization’ webinar

On 8 March, high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software tool provider AWR of El Segundo, CA, USA and test & measurement instrument supplier Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG of Munich, Germany will host a webinar ‘LNA Design and Characterization Using Modern RF/Microwave Software and Test & Measurement Instruments’, presented by AWR’s head of EM Applications Jaakko Juntunen and Matthias Beer, product management, Network Analyzers, for Rohde & Schwarz.

The webinar will feature live video segments demonstrating the use of test instruments performing measurements on a prototype low-noise amplifier (LNA).

LNA designs involve several considerations such as stability, bias circuitry, gain and noise figure tradeoffs, and matching circuit synthesis that need to be accounted for to achieve optimal performance. Design tools such as AWR’s Microwave Office make it possible to create a virtual model of an LNA prototype, taking into account these considerations along with parasitic layout effects.

During the webinar, Microwave Office will be used to demonstrate useful practices in the virtual prototyping stage. Then, an actual LNA will be measured using a ZVA, Rohde & Schwarz’s Vector Network Analyzer. Microwave Office and the ZVA are connected, bringing measured and simulated results together for instantaneous comparison and virtual model verification. As a key feature, neither Microwave Office nor the ZVA is restricted to linear analysis, therefore gain compression and intermodulation measurements are performed in both virtual and real domains.

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