RFMW announces design and sales support for a high-performance, mmWave power amplifier from Qorvo. Offering 10 Watts of linear power for wideband communications systems with < -25 dBc IMD3, the QPA2212 operates from 27.5 to 31 GHz with 22 dB small signal gain. To simplify system integration, the QPA2212 is fully matched to 50 ohms with integrated DC blocking caps on both I/O ports. Saturated output power is 20 Watts. Applications include satellite communications and 5G infrastructure. Offered in a convenient, flange mount package.

RFMW announces design and sales support for a high efficiency, high performance transmit/receive front-end module (FEM) from Skyworks Solutions. The SKY66121-11 provides greater than four times range extension versus standalone systems-on-chip, with +30 dBm Pout at 169-170 MHz. The device features low power consumption and enables fast switch timing (<1 usec in receive mode; <1.2 usec in transmit mode) which is ideal for multi-protocol arbitration, Internet of Things (IoT) applications including smart metering, connected home, smart city sensors, and industrial, scientific and medical (ISM). Offered in a 4 x 4 mm MCM surface mount technology package.

RFMW announces availability of the Knowles – DLI, surface mount, high frequency, gain equalizer series. Offering a variety of nominal gain slope from, 1 to 3.5 dB, all devices in the series are footprint interchangeable. The AEQ05472 has a bandwidth from DC – 18 GHz with low frequency insertion loss of 0.25 dB and 3.5 dB slope. Designed as small, low cost solutions using precision thin-film conductor and resistor films, their proprietary, high dielectric constant ceramics provide superior RF performance in applications such as broadband EW, ECM, ECCM microwave modules. Equalizers allow compensation circuits to correct for loss slope created by other elements within a circuit, such as in amplifier stages. Well suited for use with pick and place equipment, they are SMT mountable with conductive epoxy and solder. The AEQ05472 surface mount package measures 28 x 16 x 7mm.

RFMW announces design and sales support for a high frequency power amplifier from Qorvo. The Qorvo QPA2575 offers 3 Watts of saturated power with small signal gain of 19 dB. Ideal for Ka-Band radar and electronic warfare designs operating within 32 to 38 GHz, the QPA2575 also finds uses in satellite communication systems. Fully matched to 50 ohms with integrated DC blocking caps on both I/O ports, it is 100% DC and RF tested on-wafer to ensure compliance to performance specifications.

RFMW announces a global distribution agreement with Nuvotronics, Inc. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised for worldwide marketing and sales of Nuvotronics’ portfolio of mmWave power modules, filters, diplexers, multiplexers, and antenna arrays. Nuvotronics offers an extensive range of custom and standard modules providing compact, highly efficient solutions at a fraction of the mass of traditional solutions due to their unprecedented ability to fabricate and miniaturize 3D air-metal-dielectric structures with micron level tolerances. RFMW is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support.

According to Steve Takaki, Executive Vice President of RFMW, “We are incredibly excited to partner with Nuvotronics on a global distribution agreement. Their innovative PolyStrata® Technology, a disruptive 3D microcoax architecture, offers small, high frequency devices that expand RFMW’s product offering for millimeter wave 5G solutions. RFMW’s industry leading technical sales support and global logistics teams allow us to provide design engineers the latest technology for this rapidly growing communications market.”