Power gain

The power gain of an electrical network is the ratio of an output power to an input power. Unlike other signal gains, such as voltage and current gain, 'power gain' may be ambiguous as the meaning of terms 'input power' and 'output power' is not always clear. Three important power gains are operating power gain, transducer power gain and available power gain. Note that all these definitions of power gains employ the use of average (as opposed to instantaneous) power quantities and therefore the term 'average' is often suppressed, which can be confusing at occasions. The power gain of an electrical network is the ratio of an output power to an input power. Unlike other signal gains, such as voltage and current gain, 'power gain' may be ambiguous as the meaning of terms 'input power' and 'output power' is not always clear. Three important power gains are operating power gain, transducer power gain and available power gain. Note that all these definitions of power gains employ the use of average (as opposed to instantaneous) power quantities and therefore the term 'average' is often suppressed, which can be confusing at occasions. The operating power gain of a two-port network, GP, is defined as: