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Ultra-Broadband RF Amplifier Rides in a 3U Chassis

April 30, 2021

This highly configurable RF amplifier in a 3U chassis serves equally well in laboratory bench testing or production-line test applications.

David Maliniak

Related To: Microwaves & RF

For general-purpose laboratory bench testing and production-line test applications, Empower RF's Model 2198 is a solid-state, tri-band amplifier in a single 3U chassis. With user-selectable modulation and power-output modes, this amplifier integrates easily into any integrated test-equipment system and simplifies test setups with selectable AGC and ALC modes. The amplifier is ready to go out of the box with its built-in browser GUI so there’s no software to install for PC or LAN control.

The Model 2198 amplifier performs well in semiconductor and other microwave component testing applications with either CW or pulsed waveforms. The ultra-wideband unit covers 20 MHz to 6000 MHz in a three-band compact configuration. RF is routed to the single-output connector via internal RF switching to the selected band. Band selection is performed using the front-panel LCD, peer- or LAN-connected PC via browser GUI (no software to install), or via SCPI ASCII commands over Ethernet or serial port.

The embedded firmware/software of these amplifiers result in a truly configurable amplifier with modes and features that include:

Selectable Output Power Control

Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
Automatic Level Control (ALC)
Manual Gain Control (MGC)

Selectable Operating Modes

CW, FM, AM, CE
Digital Modulation
Multi-carrier / Multitone
Pulse Modulation
Gated Pulse

Built in Peak Detectors

Input and Output Detectors
Selectable Peak and RMS

About the Author

David Maliniak | Executive Editor, Microwaves & RF

I am Executive Editor of Microwaves & RF, an all-digital publication that broadly covers all aspects of wireless communications. More particularly, we're keeping a close eye on technologies in the consumer-oriented 5G, 6G, IoT, M2M, and V2X markets, in which much of the wireless market's growth will occur in this decade and beyond. I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, developers, and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.

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In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy, leaving to rejoin the EOEM B2B publishing world in January 2020. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.