RFMW announces design and sales support for a high power SMT circulator from Skyworks Ireland. The SKYFR-001982 circulator delivers 200 Watt average and 400 Watt peak power handling for 1200 to 1400 MHz L-band radar systems and wireless applications. Low, 0.3 dB insertion loss improves efficiency with minimal transmit power loss. The SKYFR-001982 offers high power level handling with minimal thermal rise, providing a flow path for the RF signal as well as protection for sensitive components from excess signal reflection. A compact SMT housing is designed to be easily incorporated onto PCB boards with automated pick and place manufacturing.
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RFMW announces design and sales support for phase matched RF cable assemblies. P1dB, Inc. offers a variety of cable lengths and connector types for a wide array of applications. For example, the P1CA-29M29M-SS085-1M-PM is a 1 meter long cable assembly terminated with 2.92mm Male connectors and rated to 40 GHz. When ordered in pairs or sets, phase matching is < +/-5 degrees at 18 GHz. P1dB’s phase stable, SS085 coax measures 0.104 inch (2.6mm) outer diameter and typical VSWR at 40 GHz is 1.35:1. Available as a two cable minimum, additional phase matched cables can be added to the set…
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 QPA2212T operates from 27.5 to 31 GHz with 22 dB small signal gain. To simplify system integration, the QPA2212T is fully matched to 50 ohms with integrated DC blocking caps on both I/O ports. Saturated output power is 43.4 dBm. Applications include satellite communications and 5G infrastructure. Offered as DIE on tab with 3.7 x 5.2 mm package for ease of assembly.
RFMW announces design and sales support for APA Wireless Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCO). The R1020SMUA12_135 delivers -103 dBc/Hz typical phase noise at 10 KHz offset over its operating range of 1000 to 2000 MHz. VCC is 12 Volts while the tuning voltage range is 1 to 14 V. Typical output power is 11 dBm. Packaged in a standard 0.5 x 0.5 inch castellated SMT, the API Wireless R1020SMUA12_135 is a form/fit/function replacement for the EOL Qorvo UMS-2000-A16-G.
RFMW announces design and sales support for a GaN RF power transistor. The Qorvo QPD0007 is an unmatched, single-stage transistor offering up to 20 Watts of output power in frequency bands from DC to 5 GHz. Drain efficiency is >60% from a 48 V supply. Available in a 4.5 x 4 mm DFN package, the QPD0007 can be efficiency tuned to provide 19.0 dB of P3dB gain at 3.5 GHz. Applications include power amplifier drivers in mMIMO designs and Doherty drivers.
RFMW announces design and sales support for a high power, SMT RF limiter. The RFuW Engineering model RFLM-802123QC-291, silicon, PIN-Diode limiter module offers both high power CW and peak power protection for X-band applications (8.7 to 10.7 GHz). Capable of handling average power up to 80 Watts (49 dBm) and pulsed peak power up to 200 Watts (53 dBm at pulse width = 40 usec, duty cycle = 5%), the RFLM-802123QC-291 maintains low flat leakage to less than 20 dBm (max), and reduces spike leakage to less than 0.5 ergs. Recovery time is <1 uSec. The combination of high peak…
RFMW announces design and sales support for a high efficiency power amplifier from Qorvo. The QPA9901 power amplifier targets Band 66 along with Band 1 small-cell wireless infrastructure systems from 2110 to 2170 MHz. I/O matched to 50 ohms, the device delivers high efficiency of 32% at +28 dBm average output power, while providing excellent DPD linearized ACPR of -48 dBc for signal bandwidths of up to 60 MHz. P3dB is 36 dBm with 36.5 dB of gain. The QPA9901 is housed in a 5×5 mm SMT package.
RFMW announces design and sales support for SiTime’s SiT5358 series of MEMS Super-TCXOs. The SiT5358 series oscillators deliver ±50 ppb stability performance and can be factory-programmed to any combination of frequency (from 1 to 60 MHz), voltage and pull range. Fully compliant to the GR-1244 Stratum 3 oscillator specifications, SiTime’s unique DualMEMS™ and TurboCompensation™ temperature sensing technology deliver stable timing in the presence of environmental stressors – airflow, temperature perturbation, vibration, shock, and electromagnetic interference (EMI). Programmability enables designers to optimize the clock configuration while eliminating the long lead time and customization costs associated with quartz TCXOs where each frequency…
RFMW announces availability of the Knowles – DLI, surface mount, high frequency, directional couplers series. Part of the series, the Knowles FPC06075 spans 12 to 18 GHz and provides a 10 dB coupling factor for Ku-band applications. Passband insertion loss is only 0.5 dB maximum. Incorporating DLI’s low loss, high permittivity ceramics provides small size with minimal performance variation over temperature. These couplers offer a turnkey surface mount solution for high frequency power monitoring of incident and reflected power. The castellated surface mount package measures 2.54 x 2.032 mm.
RFMW announces design and sales support for a family of ultra-linear GaAs pHEMT 75-Ohm RF balanced amplifier ICs from Qorvo. With 5 to 1218 MHz operating bandwidth the devices feature high linearity, high gain and low noise for use as post amplifiers in optical receivers or as a low noise balanced preamps. The ICs use a 5 V supply for applications requiring lower power dissipation. Due to their wide operational bandwidth they can also be used as downstream amplifiers in DOCSIS 3.1 as well as upstream amplifiers for DOCSIS 3.1 or DOCSIS 4.0 applications. Gain ranges from 12 to 21…