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john23
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x-microwave lego style biasing method
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Hello,I have bought a PCB of an amplifier. The amplifier is like a lego.The problem with this is how do I bias it. I have rf_in rf_out But I dont know how to bias such things. What component do we use to deliver the DC into this amplifier component?
Is there some examples? Thanks.
https://www.analog.com/en/resources...o-prototype-rf-designs-using-x-microwave.html
https://catalog.quanticxmw.com/item/x-mwblocks/amplifiers/XM-A9V6-0604D
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This is a few months old now so you may have already gotten started, but just in case:
The product page includes a "Bias and Sequencing" tab which details the requirements, in this case a VDD of 10V and it should draw approx 350mA.
If used with the X-Microwave ecosystem, you'd buy their suggested bias board (In this case:
https://catalog.quanticxmw.com/item/bias-and-control/voltage-regulators/xm-a2j4-0404d-sp
) and it will supply the bias voltage for you. They use a LP38798 regulator on their bias board. The bias board is meant to mount underneath the X-Microwave base plate.
Page #6 of this document shows it:
https://quanticxmw.com/wp-content/uploads/Quantic-XMW-Getting-Started-Guide-v3.pdf
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