RFMW announces design and sales support for price-competitive YouFormTM conformable RF cable assemblies from P1dB. P1dB is the original manufacturer of the “$9.95 cable assembly” and is offering the P1-SMAP/SMAP-085CJ-12 at the same low cost. Made with hand-formable, .085 cable and terminated with SMA Male connectors, these cables are 100% electrically tested to 18 GHz and are available jacketed or unjacketed for specific applications. The P1-SMAP/SMAP-085CJ-12 measures 12 inches long and comes with the standard, blue jacket. A cost effective replacement for semi-rigid cables, they feature stainless steel, anti-torque connectors for in-box, test bench, or rack mounted system interconnections.

RFMW announces design and sales support for a fully matched GaN IMFET from Qorvo. The QPD1006 provides 450 Watts of pulsed RF power from 1.2 to 1.4 GHz along with greater than 300 Watts power output for CW applications. Linear gain is 17.5 dB from this internally matched, discrete GaN on SiC HEMT device. Supporting 50V for pulsed applications and 45V for CW, the device is housed in a low thermal resistance package ideal for both military and commercial radar.

RFMW announces design and sales support for a broad bandwidth, high power amplifier. GaN on SiC process offers decade bandwidth of 2 to 20 GHz for the Qorvo QPA2966D. Providing an average of 20 Watts saturated output power, the QPA2966D is 100% DC and RF tested on-wafer to ensure compliance to electrical specifications that include a large signal gain of 13 dB. The broad bandwidth supports applications in test equipment, radar, communications and EW.

RFMW announces design and sales support for solderless PCB connectors from Rosenberger North America. Easily mounted to printed circuit boards using standard screws, the 08K721-40MS3 connector is cost-effective yet designed to provide excellent return loss values for frequencies up to 70 GHz. Offering reduced installation time, these economic PCB connectors are rated to >500 mating cycles for applications such as test and measurement, chip testing fixtures, board characterization and communication interconnects. Rosenberger also provides connector interfaces for 1.85 mm, 2.40 mm, 2.92 mm and 3.50 mm.

RFMW announces design and sales support for a digital controlled variable gain amplifier from Qorvo. The QPB0066 features high linearity over the entire gain control range with typical noise figure of 4.3 dB in its maximum gain state. Dual 6-bit digital step attenuators are programmed with a 12-bit Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) offering 63 dB of control range in 0.5 dB steps and a maximum gain of 44 dB. Ideal for CATV return paths operating from 5 to 500 MHz, the QPB0066 is packaged in a small 6.0 mm x 6.0 mm leadless laminate MCM which contains plated through thermal vias for ultralow thermal resistance. The module is easy to use with a few external DC blocks and RF chokes.