Whether for safety-critical civilian or military applications, capturing and analyzing the power of radar systems ensures consistent and flawless performance. Power measurements are essential throughout the radar lifecycle, utilized by:

• Engineers during development
• Operators during manufacturing
• Technicians during installation and maintenance
• Engineers and technicians during troubleshooting

Wi-Fi chipsets and devices require test instruments that can faithfully characterize their true behavior and performance. Measuring the power of Wi-Fi signals is essential in various use-cases, such as:

• Chipset development
• Access point development
• Wi-Fi equipped device development
• Compliance testing

Amplifiers are common components within RF and microwave systems and devices used across various industries and applications. High-performance power sensors can capture several measurements critical to amplifier performance, including:

• Gain
• Return loss
• Linearity and compression
• Crest factor and CCDF for complex modulated signals