A multinational customer of high specification radios wished to reduce the component cost and production reliability/ through put of their radios. Zenetec analysed the radio and brought about a solution based upon a radical redesign of the RF amplifier chain. Based on a concept to replace a critical part of the transmitter chain Zenetec tested the current design to determine the performance of the parts of the transmitter which were to remain. This gave us the necessary information to specify the replacement RF amplifier and to confirm the cost of the components which would be removed from the incumbent design. Based on projected sales figures and cost saved in production through reduced failures the project was deemed financially positive.
Work was instigated on the new RF amplifier which helped to prove the performance of the amplifier across all the variables that the design is likely to meet in it's lifetime. This helped show the design is robust has high quality and will work across full production runs. At the same time design changes were incorporated which have helped increase the yield and address quality issues and reliability within the radio.
This the design will be incorporated into customer production units in the near future.
