The AP501 is a high dynamic range power amplifier in a RoHS-compliant flange-mount package. The multi-stage amplifier module has 32.5 dB gain, while being able to achieve high performance for PCS-band applications with +36 dBm of compressed 1dB power. The module has been internally optimized for driver applications provide -62 dBc ACPR at 27 dBm for IS-95A applications or -55 dBc ACLR at 26.5 for wCDMA applications. The module can be biased down for current when higher efficiency is required.