The evaluation board is designed to help the evaluation of the LMH2110, which is a 45 dB Logarithmic RMS power detector particularly suited for accurate power measurement of modulated RF signals that exhibit large peak-to-average ratios, i.e. large variations of the signal envelope. Such signals are encountered in W-CDMA and LTE cell phones. The RMS measurement topology inherently ensures a modulation insensitive measurement.
The device has an RF frequency range from 50 MHz to 8 GHz. It provides an accurate, temperature and supply insensitive, output voltage that relates linearly to the RF input power in dBm. The LMH2110"s excellent conformance to a logarithmic response enables an easy integration by using slope and intercept only, reducing calibration effort significantly. The device operates with a single supply from 2.7V to 5V. The LMH2110 has an RF power detection range from -40 dBm to 5 dBm and is ideally suited for use in combination with a directional coupler. Alternatively a resistive divider can be used as well.
The device is active for EN = High, otherwise it is in a low power consumption shutdown mode. To save power and prevent discharge of an external filter capacitance, the output (OUT) is high-impedance during shutdown. The LMH2110 power detector is offered in a tiny 6-bump microSMD package.
