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Typical performance

Table 6. Output power, power gain and drain efficiency vs input power (f = 1450 MHz)

PIN (dBm)

POUT (dBm)

POUT (W)

IDS (A)

GPS (dB)

ηD(%)

24.6

39.8

9.5

1.3

15.2

25.7

25.6

40.8

12.1

1.5

15.2

29.2

26.6

41.9

15.4

1.7

15.3

33.0

27.6

43.0

19.9

1.9

15.4

36.9

28.6

44.1

25.6

2.2

15.5

40.8

29.6

45.2

33.0

2.7

15.6

44.2

30.6

46.3

42.6

3.2

15.7

47.3

31.6

47.3

53.9

3.9

15.7

49.9

32.6

48.3

67.2

4.6

15.7

51.9

33.5

49.2

82.3

5.5

15.6

53.6

34.5

49.9

96.6

6.2

15.3

55.3

35.5

50.7

116.5

7.3

15.2

57.0

36.5

51.3

135.6

8.3

14.8

58.2

37.4

51.9

154.8

9.2

14.5

60.2

38.4

52.4

172.9

10.1

14.0

61.4

39.3

52.8

188.9

10.8

13.4

62.5

40.2

53.0

200.6

11.4

12.9

63.1

41.1

53.3

213.1

12.0

12.2

63.7

Figure 1. Power Gain and drain efficiency vs output power at 1450 MHz (on Doherty test fixture)

Power gain

Efficiency

20

30

40

50

60

70

11

12

13

14

15

16

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

POUT (dbm)

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Note:

VDD = 28 V, IDQMain = 600 mA, pulsed CW, pulse width = 10 μs, duty cycle = 12%

RF2L16180CB4

Typical performance

DS13287 - Rev 2

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