Question: Many amplifiers are designed to be simultaneously conjugate - matched at both ports when used between 5 0 source and load impedances. Suppose that you

Many amplifiers are designed to be simultaneously conjugate-matched at both ports when used between 50 source and load impedances. Suppose that you have obtained such an amplifier, and that the specifications for the amplifier state that the power gain of the unit is 20 dB in a 50 system. Furthermore, the specifications state that the reverse isolation of the amplifier is 23 dB in a 50 system. Reverse isolation is the power attenuation of the amplifier when the amplifier is driven at the output port and the load is connected to the input port. (Reverse isolation of 23 dB means that the reverse power gain of the amplifier is -23 dB.)(a) What are S11 and S22(Zo =50) for the amplifier? (b) Is this amplifier unconditionally stable? Justify your answer. (c) Suppose that the amplifier is used between a 400 source and a 50 load. The power available from the source is Pavs =10 dBm. Find the power delivered to the load. Express your result in dBm.(d) Suppose that the system of part c. is modified by adding a lossless impedance matching network between the output of the 2-port and the 50 load. Find the power delivered to the load. Express your result in dBm.(e) Suppose that two of these amplifiers are cascaded, and used between a 400 source with Pavs =10 dBm and a 50 load. Find the power delivered to the load. Express your result in dBm.

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