In the consumer electronics world, knowing the difference between root mean square (RMS) and peak power ratings can make or break the performance and clarity of an audio system. In short, RMS power is ...

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The tiny LTC5597 RMS power-detector IC developed by Analog Devices provides accurate, full specified performance up to 70 GHz over a 35-dB dynamic range. The RF signal chain is defined by power rather ...

This article was originally fairly superficial and frivolous, but has been expanded (a little) to explain the matter better. Amplifier power ratings are usually honest in Hi-Fi equipment, but become ...

Q: Are all wattage ratings dealing with sound equipment the same? Does my 25x4 car audio receiver put out as much power as one of my channels in my Sherwood 100x5? If so or not, why? A: Wattage ...

Analog Devices has introduced a 9KHz-7GHz directional bridge and dual RMS RF power detector that can simultaneously measure forward and reverse power levels in a signal path along with return loss.

Figure 1 provides a plot of this expression; it is a circle with a maximum of 0.5, at 50% duty factor and two zero crossings at zero and 100% duty factor. The curve is symmetric around 50%. Between 20 ...

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