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Fast Monolithic Log Amp with Better than 250-MHz BW

AD9521 Approaches Performance of Expensive Hybrid Designs; Use It for Successive-Detection RF Strips

by Tom Tice Download PDF

The AD9521 is a monolithic wideband ac logarithmic amplifier with typical gain of 12 dB. Wideband log amplifiers are cascaded to form "strips" with gains of 90 dB and more, for frequencies typically in the range of 7 MHz to 250 MHz. Read full article

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Tom Tice