Live From IMS2011: A Look At The NXP High-Performance RF Design Challenge's Winning Project

Brad Lindseth, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering at the University of Colorado who works at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, discusses his winning design in the NXP High-Performance RF Design Challenge, "A 2-kW Amplifier for a Portable 449-MHz Space Antenna Wind Profiler Radar." Lindseth used 1200-W BLF578 LDMOS transistors to build a radar transmitter, showing how RF radiation can be used to profile wind speed, temperature, and direction from ground level to 4 km in the atmosphere. Click here to view the presentation on the monitor in the video.

Additional NXP-related videos from IMS2011:

• Introducing The XR Family Of ‘eXtremely Rugged' LDMOS RF Power Transistors
• Radio Component Demonstration
• New Family Of Wideband Transistors

Click here for more video coverage from IMS2011.