RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Peregrine Semiconductor’s PE42421, a low cost, high performance SPDT switch. The PE42421 operates from 10MHz to 3GHz with insertion loss as low as 0.35dB and isolation as high as 30dB between ports. The input 1dB compression point is dependent on voltage and as high as 33.5dBm. Input IP3 is 55dBm. Peregrine’s PE42421 low cost switch finds applications in RFID, home networking, small cells and WiFi but also in avionics communications, EW, land mobile radio and macrocell base stations. Voltage supply can range from 1.8 – 3.3V. This Peregrine switch is offered in…
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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for broadband, omni-directional whip antenna from Southwest Antennas. The model 1000-029 covers the frequency band of 225 to 512MHz for broadband radio applications where rugged antenna options are required. The Southwest Antennas’ 1000-029 is fully potted and waterproof to 20 meters when installed, yet is lightweight (1.9 oz) and highly flexible. The TNC male connector is black chrome plated and the antenna is black polyolefin for low visibility and low reflectivity. Providing 2dBi of gain, horizontal beamwidth is 360 degrees and vertical elevation beamwidth is 82 degrees. The 1000-029 measures 10.93 inches and…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a GaN power amplifier. The Qorvo QPA2237 offers 10W of saturated output power from 30MHz to 2.5GHz. Small signal gain is >18.5dB while large signal gain is >13dB. The QPA2237 draws 360mA from a 32V supply with 48% power added efficiency (PAE). Serving electronic warfare (EW), radar and communications markets, the QPA2237 comes in a 4x4mm, plastic overmold QFN package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a broadband, gain-block amplifier from Akoustis. The AKA-1500GN operates from DC to 14GHz with up to 16.5dB of gain and 16.4dBm P1dB. This broadband InGaP HBT MMIC amplifier is a low-cost, high-performance solution for general-purpose RF and microwave amplification needs. Available in a ceramic, micro-X package, the Akoustis AKA-1500GN draws 50mA from a 4.2V supply.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a small cell duplexer. The Qorvo TQQ6103 BAW technology offers high isolation for LTE Band 3 uplink (1747.5MHz) and down link (1842.5MHz) filter requirements in base stations, repeaters, signal boosters and small cells. With full 75MHz bandwidth, in band insertion loss is only 4.1dB while UL/DL attenuation is 44dB. The TQQ6103 requires no external matching and handles 29dBm of power. The Qorvo TQQ6103 BAW duplexer is offered in an industry standard 2.5x2mm, hermitic package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for high gain, high linearity power amplifiers designed for ‘Small Cell’ applications. The Skyworks SKY66186-11 provides 38dB of gain for LTE radios operating in the 728 to 768MHz frequency range (B12, B13, B14, B17). Designed for high linearity at elevated temperatures, the SKY66186-11 supports outdoor applications where ambient temperatures range from -40 to +85 degrees C. Typical ACLR performance is -50dBc at 23dBm. Skyworks provides an enable pin to provide for fast switching in LTE TDD systems which can also be used to power down the amplifier when not in use. An integrated…
8/1/2016 – San Jose, California: RFMW Ltd. and Akoustis Technologies, Inc. of Huntersville, North Carolina, have announced a distribution agreement effective July 1, 2016. Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:AKTS) (“Akoustis”), is a manufacturer of innovative BulkONE™ bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high band RF filters for mobile wireless and general purpose RF catalog components. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised worldwide for Akoustis’ complete product offering. Initially, RFMW will focus on promoting the DC-14GHz gain blocks targeted to…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a single-chip Front End Module (FEM) serving battery powered or portable applications such as wireless meter reading and smart energy. The Qorvo RFFM6900 covers the 900MHz ISM band (890 to 960MHz) with up to 1W of transmit power. Integrated into the FEM is a PA, SP3T antenna switch, transmit harmonic filter, transmit through path, LNA with bypass mode and matching components for 50 ohm I/O. Transmit gain is up to 20dB while receive gain is 15dB with typical noise figure of 1.7dB. The RFFM6900 comes in a 6x6mm package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for model QPA3240 from Qorvo. The QPA3240 supports DOCSIS 3.1 CATV amplifier designs with up to 24.5dB gain from 45-1218MHz. Superior return loss performance and extremely low distortion (CSO = -76dBc and CTB = -73dBc) characterize the QPA3240 which combines the advantages of both GaAs and GaN for excellent linearity and high output capability of 62dBmV. This Qorvo CATV power doubler has a 3dB noise figure and draws 480mA at 24VDC. It’s offered in a standard SOT-115J package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 1W linear amplifier targeting small cell base stations, repeaters and boosters. Operating from 1.8 to 2.7GHz, the Qorvo TQP9113 provides up to 30.6dBm P1dB with >27dB of gain. With excellent linearity, OIP3 is measured at 41dBm. The TQP9113 draws only 215mA from a 5V supply and integrates inter-stage matching and input matching with a shutdown mode for a less complicated design implementation and increased link range. The Qorvo TQP9113 is offered in a 4x4mm package compatible with Qorvo’s TQP9109 (0.5W) and TQP9111 (2W) amplifiers.