RFMW announces design and sales support for a robust lead circulator from Skyworks Ireland. The SKYFR-001692 is offered in a 10 mm diameter package measuring 7 mm in height. Designed for wireless infrastructure and power-amplifier applications, this circulator operates over the frequency range of 3400 to 3600 MHz. Operating temperature range is -40 °C to +105 °C, making it ideal for 5G massive MIMO and small cell applications. With 21 dB of isolation and maximum average power rating up to 20 W (160 W peak), the SKYFR-001692 plays a critical role in protecting infrastructure design RF elements from excessive signal…
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RFMW announces design and sales support for a wide bandwidth amplifier from Skyworks Solutions. The SKY66318-11 power amplifier offers 100MHz instantaneous bandwidths and high-efficiency for FDD and TDD 4G LTE and 5G systems to meet the growing demand for high data rate and low power consumption in massive MIMO systems. Covering 3300 to 3600 MHz (Bands N77 and N78), the SKY66318-11 provides 34 dB of gain with excellent linearity: +28 dBm with < -50 dBc ACLR with linearization (100 MHz 5G, 7.5 dB PAR signal). Operating from a single, 5V supply, active biasing circuitry is integrated to compensate PA performance…
RFMW announces design and sales support for a high reliability Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) from Microsemi. Packaged in one of the smallest form factors available, the OX-601 series oscillators offer a fast warm up time of three minutes to reach +/- 50 ppb of the final frequency. Operating temperature range is -40 to 95 degrees Celsius, making the device suitable for 4G and 5G implementations. Frequencies are available between 10 and 40 MHz with standard frequencies of 10, 12.8, 20, 24.576, 25 and 30.72 MHz. For example, the OX-6011-EAE-1080-20M0000000 provides a 20 MHz output frequency with +/- 10 ppb…
RFMW announces design and sales support for a high-power switch from Skyworks Solutions. Designed for active antenna arrays, micro and macro-cell base stations, the SKY12247-492LF integrates an SPDT switch with driver circuitry operating from a single 5V supply and using a single control voltage (0 – 3 V). As data-intensive multimedia and IoT applications continue to proliferate, cellular infrastructure solutions must become more robust to meet increasing network demands. This 100 Watt switch enables high data rates with low DC power consumption for 5G systems operating from 3.4 to 3.8 GHz. Offered in compact, 5 x 5 mm QFN packages.
RFMW announces design and sales support for MECA Electronics 2-way and 4-way, broadband power divider/combiners. The 802-3-23.000 RF power divider/combiner offers 2-way, in-phase performance from 6 to 40 GHz. The 804-3-23.000 is a 4-way version. As dividers, both devices are capable of handling up to 30 Watts of average power with an operating temperature of -55 to +85 degrees C. Amplitude balance of the 802-3-23.000 is 0.5 dB maximum and 1.0 dB max for the 804-3-23.000. Maximum input VSWR is 1.80:1. Ideal for test and measurement applications, both power divider/combiners feature high performance, 2.9 mm female connectors on all ports.
9/11/2019 – San Jose, California: RFMW announces that David Markman has joined their organization as Director of Business Development – Mil Aero, reporting directly to Mike Carroll, Vice President – Global Sales. Mr. Markman joins RFMW with more than 35 years of New Business Development, Sales, Marketing, and Engineering experience and with an extensive network of contacts within the Mil Aero RF & Microwave community. Prior to RFMW, Mr. Markman leveraged his security clearance and solid understanding of RF & Microwave technology to support numerous mil/aero programs. His work with industry-leading companies such as Cobham, Aeroflex and Smiths Interconnect to…
9/11/2019 – San Jose, California: RFMW announces that Philip Knights has joined their organization as Business Development Manager – RF Power products, reporting directly to Mike Carroll, Vice President – Global Sales. Mr. Knights joins RFMW with more than 35 years’ experience in RF Design Engineering, New Business Development, Sales Management and Marketing. Mr. Knights has a demonstrated history of strong customer relationships, revenue growth and interpersonal skills in complex RF & Microwave oriented organizations. Prior to RFMW, Mr. Knights served as an RF design engineer in multiple Plessey Semiconductor divisions and Powerwave UK, where he successfully authored and delivered…
RFMW announces design and sales support for Peregrine Semiconductor’s PE45450, adjustable power limiter providing protection for up to 50W pulsed RF input from 9kHz to 6GHz. This broadband limiter can handle up to 10W of power in CW applications. The adjustable power limiting threshold, from +25 to +35dBm, enables flexibility across different platforms and architectures. Peregrine’s UltraCMOS, monolithic solution is 8X smaller than comparable GaAs PIN diode solutions and no external components are required. The PE45450 offers fast response and recovery time of 1nS making it ideal for receiver protection in military ECM applications, radar, wireless infrastructure and test &…
RFMW announces design and sales support for an ultra-linear, CATV, MMIC amplifier. The Qorvo QPA8801 features a push-pull cascode design providing flat gain and ultra-low distortion. Ideal for DOCSIS 3.1 applications from 45 to 1218 MHz using a single 12 V supply, the QPA8801 offers excellent composite distortion at high efficiency consuming only 4.5 W in a 5×7 mm QFN package. Providing 11 dB gain at 1218 MHz with a CTB of -78 dBc and CSO of -70 dBc, Noise Figure is 5.5 dB. Applications include broadband CATV hybrid modules, DOCSIS 3.1 amplifiers and head-end CMTS equipment.
RFMW offers design and sales support for a fully integrated PIN limiter / Schottky diode module in a surface-mount package. The Skyworks SKY16602-632LF provides passive receiver protection in wireless or other RF systems ranging in frequency from 200 MHz to 4 GHz. Capable of handling 100 Watts of pulsed power, the SKY16602-632LF has a very low threshold of approximately 5 dBm, making it useful as a fine clean-up limiter. Insertion loss is only 0.3 dB while return loss is specified at 14 dB. Low distortion highlights this device making it applicable for use in military communication transceivers, VSAT, S-band radar,…