RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for two new body worn antennas from Southwest Antennas. Model 1065-028 is a right-hand, circularly polarized (RHCP) antenna while model 1065-029 offers left-hand polarization (LHCP). Developed to offer a high performance, rugged antenna option, the antenna radome housing is resistant to damage from drops, being stepped or jumped on, and other potential abuse. Both 1065-028 and 1065-029 antennas are designed for use with handheld or body worn MIMO / MANET or SISO radio systems operating from 2100 to 2500MHz. Circular polarization offers performance enhancements in multi-antenna radio configurations, crowded RF / non line-of-sight…
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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 1000 Watt pulsed power transistor. Ampleon’s BLA6H0912LS-1000 offers excellent ruggedness for avionics applications such as Mode-S, TCAS, JTIDS, DME and TACAN applications in the 960 MHz to 1215 MHz frequency range. The BLA6H0912LS-1000 has integrated ESD protection and excellent thermal stability. It is highly flexible with respect to pulse formats with typical rise and fall times of 11 and 5 nS respectively. Typical gain is 16dB. Ampleon’s BLA6H0912LS-1000 runs off a 50V supply drawing 200mA. Drain efficiency is specified at 51%. Ampleon offers detailed test reports, modeling information and PCB design…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the Delta Electronics Manufacturing 1313000G051-000, an 18 GHz SMA female, four-hole, flange mount connector with solder cup. Produced for commercial, industrial, and military applications where a quality SMA interconnect is required, the 1313000G051-000 connector body is stainless steel with gold plating per MIL-G-45204 and houses a Teflon dielectric. The center contact is gold plated. Applications for the 1313000G051-000 SMA include instrumentation, wireless infrastructure, ground based satellite and radar, industrial radios and test and measurement equipment. The flange measures 0.5 inches square.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Peregrine Semiconductor’s PE4314, a 75 ohm Digital Step Attenuator (DSA) spanning a frequency range of 1 to 2500MHz. The PE4314 offers 6-bit resolution with 0.5dB steps providing 31.5dB attenuation range. Its low distortion characteristics and 75 ohm circuit optimization make it ideal for CATV and multi-carrier applications. And, this DSA features Peregrine’s Glitch-less technology reducing attenuation state transitions to <0.5dB thereby reducing software overhead and cost. Supporting parallel and serial programming interfaces, the PE4314 allows flexible programming within AGC loops and operating from a 3.3V supply requiring only 130uA of current. So,…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the Qorvo TGA2813-SM, a 3.1 to 3.6GHz GaN amplifier providing 100W of saturated output power. With 24dB of large signal gain and power added efficiency of 56%, the TGA2813-SM is ideal for commercial and military radar systems. The small, surface mount package measures 7x9mm and is housed in a plastic QFN. Bias requirements are only 300mA from a 30V supply. Both RF ports have integrated DC blocking capacitors and are fully matched to 50 ohms. Associated Qorvo GaN amplifiers offer a full range of S-band RADAR power options. TGA2813-SM 3.1 to 3.6GHz,…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a wideband Low Noise Amplifier (LNA). The Qorvo TGA2227-SM operates from 2 to 22GHz providing up to 22dBm P1dB and small signal gain of >15dB. Mid-band noise figure is measured at 2dB. The TGA2227-SM has an input power survivability of 40dBm, potentially eliminating the need for a power limiter in receiver circuit applications for communications, EW and instrumentation. Powered from an 8V, 125mA source, the drain voltage is flexible to support higher power inputs without impacting other parameters. Qorvo offers the TGA2227-SM in an air-cavity, 4x4mm QFN package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the TGL2927-SM, a 200W (pulsed) limiter for radar applications in the 2 to 4GHz band. Manufactured by Qorvo using VPIN technology, the TGL2927-SM offers low insertion loss of <0.6dB with a high return loss of 15dB. With a low flat leakage rate of <18dBm, this limiter protects receive chains in both commercial and military S-band radar. The Qorvo TGL2927-SM is offered in a 4x4mm, plastic over mold, QFN package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for two Skyworks 75 ohm switches serving Set Top Box (STB) applications. The SKY13547-490LF and SKY13548-385LF SPDT switches support both forward and reverse path applications for DOCSIS 3.0 and DOCSIS 3.1 with a frequency range of 5 to 1800MHz. High linearity typifies these switches as well as low insertion loss (0.3dB for the SKY13547-490LF and 0.4dB for the SKY13548-385LF) and high input and output return loss of 20dB. The SKY13547-490LF is offered in a 2x2mm package while the Skyworks SKY13548-385LF is provided in a smaller, 1x1mm package. These devices can also be used…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the MiniRF MRFXF0032 transformer. The MRFXF0032 is an unbalanced to balanced design with a 1:1 impedance ratio. Configured as a transmission line transformer, it covers a frequency range of 45 to 1200MHz with superior insertion loss of 0.4dB to 0.6dB across this band width thereby supporting applications where power and noise figure are critical in the circuit design. Capable of supporting DOCSIS3.1 requirements, the MRFXF0032 is designed for applications that require superb gain balance in a very small, low cost, and highly reliable surface mount package. Characteristic impedance is 75 ohms and…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for two Skyworks Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) for Set Top Box (STB) applications. The SKY65450-92LF and SKY65452-92LF both provide high linearity (28.4dBm OIP3) and excellent gain (15dB) over a wide bandwidth of 40 to 1000MHz. Characterized for 75 ohm environments, both devices are applicable to cable modems, home gateways, PVRs, DVRs, and terrestrial/cable set top boxes. With noise figure of 2.9dB, the SKY65450-92LF and SKY65452-92LF boast best-in-class NF, gain flatness, linearity and low current consumption. The SKY65450-92LF offers a bypass mode when additional signal amplification is not needed. The Skyworks SKY65450-92LF and SKY65452-92LF…