Author: RFMW

RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a medium power, high gain amplifier using TriQuint GaN technology. The TGA2597-SM offers 32dB of saturated output power using a 25V bias and drawing only 40mA. This biasing voltage makes the TGA2597-SM compatible with TriQuint’s high power amplifiers, easing the burden of multiple bias supplies in higher power GaN amplifiers operating in the 2 to 6GHz frequency range. The TGA2597-SM has >24dB of gain and >31% PAE. Offered in a 4x4mm QFN plastic overmolded package, the TriQuint TGA2597-SM serves target markets in Radar, EW and communication systems.

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for TriQuint’s TGA2598-SM, a 33dBm Psat GaN driver amplifier. The TGA2598-SM offers 25dB small signal gain from two internal gain stages housed in a 4x4mm, air-cavity ceramic QFN package. Covering 6 to 12GHz, the TGA2598-SM offers >25% power added efficiency. Target markets for this TriQuint amplifier include Radar, EW and communication systems. Using a 25V bias and drawing only 200mA, the TGA2598-SM is compatible with TriQuint’s high power GaN amplifiers, easing the burden of multiple bias supplies.

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RFMW, Ltd. announces application and sales support for the Telemakus T-CABLE-3, High-Retention Force USB cable. This three foot long, USB Type A Male to Type A Female cable, offers excellent retention capabilities for reliable connections between computer USB ports and the Telemakus offering of USB controlled test devices. Inadvertent disconnections of USB cables during command communication can cause serious errors and even damage to USB components. Telemakus has performed extensive testing to produce a USB cable with significant retention force thereby reducing or eliminating this threat. The T-CABLE-3 is provided as a standard accessory for Telemakus test devices and can…

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Carlisle Interconnect Technologies SMA Precision Swept Right Angle Adapters. Carlisle Interconnect Technologies features a continuous right-angled design to produce optimally matched low loss adapters for 50 Ohm applications with low VSWR and Insertion loss and tested per MIL-STD-202. Different connector options are available for use in designs for Military, Industrial and Test and Measurement applications. RFMW Stocks some of the most popular SMA adapters, to 18GHz, in different plating configurations that include gold plated body or passivated stainless body and 5490CC female to male, 5065 male to male and 5095SF female to…

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 50W, surface mount, directional coupler serving 15 – 18.5GHz applications. The EMC Technology DN05W20F provides a 20dB coupling factor with only 0.6dB insertion loss. Directivity is 32dB min from 17 to 18.5GHz while the DN05W20F maintains a maximum VSWR of 1.6:1. The DN05W20F operating temperature is -55 to +85 degrees Celsius. EMC passive couplers offer highly repeatable, low loss alternatives to microstrip-on-PCB solutions and provide excellent reliability. SMT devices bypass the challenge of transitioning from coplanar waveguide transmission lines to edge-coupled lines commonly used in high frequency designs. EMC offers a…

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the TGA2627-SM. This 32dBm Psat GaN driver comes packaged as a 5x5mm, air-cavity ceramic QFN providing an SMT advantage over lower performance, DIE based competitors. The push-pull internal configuration provides low harmonic content of <40dBc over the 6 to 12GHz frequency span. Small signal gain is rated at >27dB. Target markets for the TriQuint TGA2627-SM include Radar, EW and communication systems. Using a 25V bias and drawing only 200mA, the TGA2627-SM is compatible with TriQuint’s high power amplifiers, easing the burden of multiple bias supplies.

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 5 to 8GHz GaN Driver Amplifier. The TriQuint TGA2599-SM offers 2W of output power with >23dB of small signal gain. Using a 25V bias and drawing only 50mA, the TGA2599-SM is compatible with TriQuint’s high power amplifiers, easing the burden of multiple bias supplies. The TriQuint TGA2599-SM is available in a small, 4x4mm plastic overmolded QFN package.

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a family of linear output power amplifiers to support Small Cell and Repeater applications. The Skyworks SKY660XX amplifiers meet the stringent spectral linearity requirements of WCDMA and offer high PAE and margin. The SKY660XX family requires minimum design time and board space as they are fully matched and run off a single DC supply voltage. EVM ranges from 1.3 to 2%. All 5 Skyworks devices are offered in a 3x3mm QFN package.

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the TGA2620-SM, TriQuint’s 16-18GHz driver amplifier delivering 19dBm Psat for commercial and military radar and 18dBm P1dB for communication systems. Small signal gain is up to 20dB. The TGA2620-SM draws only 30mA from a 6V bias supply. Fabricated on TriQuint’s 0.15um GaAs pHEMT process, the TGA2620-SM is packaged in a low-cost, 3x3mm, air-cavity QFN but is also available in DIE form as TriQuint’s TGA2620.

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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a dual channel Digital Variable Gain Amplifier. TriQuint’s TQC9311 offers the lowest noise figure for any currently available Dual Channel DVGA. The low noise figure of 3.8dB makes the TQC9311 ideal for use before a mixer in small cell and DAS applications. Covering 0.4 to 3.6GHz, the TriQuint TQC9311 complies with 1.8 or 3.3V logic, has a highly linear OIP3 of 36.5dBm and maintains 55dB of channel isolation. This TriQuint dual channel DVGA is housed in a 7x7mm, 32-pin package.

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