The 20S6G18-L from AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation is a portable, self contained, liquid-cooled solid-state amplifier that operates from 6 to 18 GHz. This class A broadband amplifier is ideal for applications where instantaneous bandwidth, high gain and linearity are required. The amplifier is available in a benchtop cabinet or rack mount module with front panel control options. It is equipped with a Digital Control Panel (DCP) which provides both local and remote control of the amplifier. The DCP uses a color LCD touchscreen display to indicate the operating status and fault conditions if an over-temperature or power supply fault has occurred. The unit can be returned to operate when the condition has been cleared.
When used with a sweep generator, the amplifier will provide a minimum of 20 watts of RF power instantaneously. The 20 watt model can be expanded to 40 watts inside the same cabinet. The amplifier has built-in IEEE-488 (GPIB), RS-232, USB & Ethernet interfaces.
The 20S6G18-L is designed to have low spurious signals, linearity and is extremely load tolerant which enables it to be used in many RF applications such as RF susceptibility testing, antenna/component testing, and communication technology testing. It can be used as a test instrument covering multiple frequency bands and is suitable for a variety of communication technologies such as CDMA, W-CDMA, TDMA, GSM, UWB, WiMAX etc.
