Timeline for What's the maximum possible "DC input to radiated RF" energy efficiency of a radio transmitter system?
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| May 3, 2023 at 23:17 | vote | accept | natevw - AF7TB | ||
| May 2, 2023 at 20:08 | answer | added | Simon Farnsworth | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2022 at 5:52 | answer | added | tomnexus | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 2, 2022 at 19:16 | comment | added | natevw - AF7TB | @KevinReidAG6YO Thanks, that's definitely relevant and (while I haven't yet gone looking for more confirmation/corroboration) it looks an answer to my question is mentioned as an aside in the answer there: that a real-world amplifier would likely be designed with a source impedance much less than 50 [or whatever target] ohms the load has, for pretty much the reasons that surprised me in the matched case (avoiding waste heat). | |
| Nov 1, 2022 at 14:56 | comment | added | Kevin Reid AG6YO♦ | Closely related (but not directly asking about "maximum efficiency"): How does the Maximum Power Transfer Theorem relate to RF power amplifiers? In brief: maximum power in the sense of the theorem is not maximum efficiency, nor is it necessary. | |
| Nov 1, 2022 at 3:46 | history | asked | natevw - AF7TB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |