Bandwidth of balanced amplifier can be an octave or more, but is limited by the bandwidth of the coupler.

Related MCQs

• For a Wilkinson power divider of insertion loss L and the coupler is matched to the external circuitry, and then the gain of the coupler in terms of insertion loss is:
• Coupler that is mostly used in balanced amplifiers to achieve the required performance is:
• If the output power of an amplifier is 10 V, and the input power supplied to the amplifier is 0.229 V given that the DC voltage used is
• If a power amplifier has an output power of 10 W, and an amplifier gain of 16.4 dB, then the input drive power is:
• The klystron tube used in a klystron amplifier is a                    type beam amplifier.
• Amplifier efficiency is the ratio of RF output power to DC input power. This parameter determines the performance of an amplifier.
• 1 MICROWAVE PASSIVE COMPONENTS: DIRECTIONAL COUPLER, POWER DIVIDER, MAGIC TEE ATTENUATOR, RESONATOR
• Noise equivalent temperature of Wilkinson coupler having a gain of 1/2L is given as:
•                          uses balanced input and output, meaning that there are 2 signal lines, with opposite polarity at each port.
• Important factors to be considered for power amplifier design are: