Indeed, some applications, such as radar operating conditions, require biasing the amplifier with a pulsed voltage. This is a feature offered by the AM3100 system.
Other applications require powering the circuit with a DC voltage, but the circuit is driven by a pulsed RF signal, which in turn produces pulsed current consumption.
In this use case, it is common to use a synchronized digital multimeter (DMM) or an oscilloscope connected to a current probe to measure the pulsed current.
- Digital multimeters generally offer high measurement accuracy and resolution (current Y-axis) and high measurement speed, but low time resolution and bandwidth (time X-axis).
- Oscilloscopes generally offer low measurement accuracy and resolution (current Y-axis), but high time resolution and bandwidth (time X-axis), and low measurement speed.
The AM3100 system offers a good compromise between time resolution, current measurement accuracy, and measurement speed. Supplied with IVCAD software, this turnkey solution makes it easy to perform pulsed voltage and current measurements.
This solution is provided with a small, easy-to-use, turnkey test solution on test benches where voltages and currents need to be measured under impulse conditions, in conjunction with IVCAD software.
