The prime consumer of power in a wireless device is its RF power amplifier (PA), so assessing PA performance is critical. To maximize efficiency, the PA must operate as close as possible to its ...
Moving wireless local area networks (WLANs) to the 5-GHz band is very appealing because of the leap in data rates from 11 or 22 Mb/s to 54 Mb/s. But, making the leap to 5-GHz also means the use of ...