EMRFD Message Archive 9198

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9198 2013-10-02 10:20:55 prysm678 ad603aq questions

Hi all

I was wondering if anyone has used AD603AQ, before and had an insight of the actual gain measurement.

I am providing it an input of 25Mhz @ -40dBm I am only getting an output of -11dBm when I set the gain to 40dB. shouldn't I be getting 0dBm? I have feedback resistor of 2.15kOhms.

I blindly followed the termination illustrated in w7zoi spectrum analyzer update, except I changed the bandwidth to 30Mhz.

thanks

9199 2013-10-02 23:02:05 victorkoren Re: ad603aq questions

It amplifies 40dB voltage gain. The power gain depends
9200 2013-10-02 23:07:53 victorkoren Re: ad603aq questions

Sorry, my mistake.
After reading again the datasheet, the AD603 has a 40 dB gain RANGE. Its maximal gain is only
+31dB, so your result is much closer to the datasheet number. Anyway can you describe the test circuit?
Victor - 4Z4ME

9203 2013-10-03 18:31:10 prysm678 Re: ad603aq questions

Victor You are correct I was not terminating the device properly. I had 50ohm signal Gen so I put a 100ohm resistor in parallel with the ad603 input and for the output I was using a 50ohm power meter with 1kohms in series. Basically this is set of questions while I try to refine my build of qst spectrum analyzer. Do you have a version of w7zoi qst spectrum analyzer? There are a few quirks with my build and wanted to do a comparison.

9198	2013-10-02 10:20:55	prysm678	ad603aq questions
Message	Date	From	Subject
Hi all I was wondering if anyone has used AD603AQ, before and had an insight of the actual gain measurement. I am providing it an input of 25Mhz @ -40dBm I am only getting an output of -11dBm when I set the gain to 40dB. shouldn't I be getting 0dBm? I have feedback resistor of 2.15kOhms. I blindly followed the termination illustrated in w7zoi spectrum analyzer update, except I changed the bandwidth to 30Mhz. thanks
9199	2013-10-02 23:02:05	victorkoren	Re: ad603aq questions
It amplifies 40dB voltage gain. The power gain depends
9200	2013-10-02 23:07:53	victorkoren	Re: ad603aq questions
Sorry, my mistake. After reading again the datasheet, the AD603 has a 40 dB gain RANGE. Its maximal gain is only +31dB, so your result is much closer to the datasheet number. Anyway can you describe the test circuit? Victor - 4Z4ME
9203	2013-10-03 18:31:10	prysm678	Re: ad603aq questions
Victor You are correct I was not terminating the device properly. I had 50ohm signal Gen so I put a 100ohm resistor in parallel with the ad603 input and for the output I was using a 50ohm power meter with 1kohms in series. Basically this is set of questions while I try to refine my build of qst spectrum analyzer. Do you have a version of w7zoi qst spectrum analyzer? There are a few quirks with my build and wanted to do a comparison.