RFMW announces design and sales support for a high frequency, GaN on SiC, power amplifier from Qorvo. Serving X-band radar and EW applications from 10 to 12 GHz, the Qorvo QPM1021 amplifier offers 100 Watts of saturated output power with large signal gain of 20 dB. Power added efficiency (PAE) is >32% for this 28V device drawing 2 amps of current. The QPM1021 is packaged in a 10-lead 19.05 x 19.05 mm bolt-down package, with a pure copper base for superior thermal management. Both RF ports are internally DC blocked and matched to 50 ohms allowing for simple system integration.

RFMW announces design and sales support for a high linearity amplifier from Qorvo. The QPA9421 power amplifier supports small cells operating in the 2.11 to 2.17 GHz frequency range with up to 27 dBm of linear power and 30 dB of gain. ACLR is -50 dBc at +27 dBm average output power. Drawing 420 mA from a 4.5 volt supply, the QPA9421 also supports femtocells, customer premises equipment and data cards. It can also function as a linear driver in DAS applications, booster amps and repeaters without the need for digital pre-distortion. Internally matched to 50 ohms at both input and output, it is offered in a 7x7mm, SMT package.

RFMW announces a micro-site for customers and suppliers supporting solid-state RF energy technology. Magnetron tubes have dominated this market but have drawbacks with regards to degradation, reliability and power control. Solid-state RF solutions can be used to replace existing magnetron-based systems. Generally, magnetron replacement systems are made up of 1KW modules, some systems can reach 50-60 Kilowatts at their final output. Solid-state RF energy offers a number of advantages including precise power/frequency/phase and PWM control, high-speed arc detection & shutdown, stability at all power levels, no degradation of power with age, improved reliability and the use of lower voltage power supplies.
A compelling attribute for solid-state RF energy is fast frequency, phase and power-agility complemented by hyper-precision. Collectively, the technology’s attributes yield an unprecedented process control range, even energy distribution, and fast adaption to changing load conditions for applications varying from physicochemical processes to practical consumer, commercial and industrial devices.
RFMW offers components and solutions for the RF Energy bands (433, 915MHz, 2.45GHz and 5.8GHz), supporting customers with RF components such as signal generators, phase shifters, splitters, combiners, power amplifiers, circulators / isolators, terminations, cables and connectors.
Visit the micro-site for more details and a selection of component offerings: https://bit.ly/3beUSRA

RFMW announces Global distribution of Custom MMIC products beginning immediately. Qorvo’s recent acquisition of Custom MMIC folds their portfolio of high performance MMIC devices into an expanding list of customer solutions with Amplifiers, Control Devices, Mixers and Multipliers for next-generation long range military phased radar and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, in addition to advanced aerospace and satellite communications and other RF/microwave signal chains through V-Band.
Founded in 2006 as a fabless RF and microwave MMIC designer, Custom MMIC has been entrusted by government and defense industry OEMs with their biggest microwave circuit challenges, gaining industry recognition as one of the most innovative and responsive MMIC vendors. ISO 9001-2015 certified, their growing family of over 150 die and packaged devices from world-class MMIC foundries offer the highest reliability, including military and space qualification.
RFMW will be stocking popular, high performance “off-the-shelf” MMICs to support current and future designs.
According to Steve Takaki, Executive Vice President of RFMW, “RFMW is excited to welcome Custom MMIC to the Qorvo family. As a Qorvo Global Distributor, we are well aware of the competitive Custom MMIC products. Now that our team has access to these devices, we’ll be able to offer more options to our customers and bring more opportunities to our suppliers.”

RFMW announces design and sales support for Smiths Interconnect CTX series, high frequency chip terminations. The CTX series terminations have been requalified to higher power levels and higher frequencies offering a unique combination in a 0.040 x 0.040 inch package. With Space and Defense communication systems needing higher frequency chip termination products, these devices reduce cost of ownership by supporting L through V band frequencies in a single chip. For example, the CT0404ALN2WB1 is a one Watt termination operating to 64 GHz and capable of peak power handling 10X the CW rating. Made of aluminum Nitride (AlN), the CT0404ALN2WB1 is wire bondable for applications such as isolators, T/R modules, up/down converters, instrumentation, satellite communications, radar and broadcast.