RFMW announces Sean Cupples has joined the RFMW North American Sales organization as a Field Sales Engineer covering Arizona, reporting directly to Mark Perhacs, Director of Sales – North America. Mr. Cupples joins RFMW with more than 13 years of OEM experience including Program Management, Component Engineering, Test Engineering and a thorough understanding of production processes from board assembly and test through to product delivery. According to Mr. Perhacs, “Sean is an ideal candidate. His experience, performance, leadership and people skills, along with his technical background typify RFMW sales engineers. Sean will fit perfectly in our highly skilled and technical…
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RFMW announces six new Regional Sales Managers serving Europe and Israel. Fulfilling the role of a niche, RF and Microwave component distributor, this expansion recognizes customer desires to have experienced, technically oriented sales engineers supporting their designs. These new managers boast sales experience and education that includes master’s degrees and design engineering experience at equipment and component manufacturers. New team members include the following: > Ajmal Khan, Regional Sales Manager – UK > Dave Watkins, Regional Sales Manager – UK > Bertil Skoglund, Regional Sales Manager – Nordics > Vincent Ducourtieux, Regional Sales Manager – France, Belgium, Switzerland > Francesco…
RFMW announces design and sales support for CML Microcircuits’ Automatic Identification System (AIS) processor. The SCT7033 embeds the full AIS Class B CSTDMA protocol stack within the device, thereby reducing development expense and enabling faster time to market for a compliant transponder. Programmable across the entire marine band (156.000 to 162.050 MHz), it implements a dual-channel receiver and single transmitter. CML’s ITU-R M.1371-5 compliant protocol stack has been proven in equipment passing stringent maritime industry certification providing safety at sea and aiding navigation. Comprehensive implementation is preprogramed to support UART for GNSS interface (uBlox module) as well as USB and…
RFMW announces design and sales support for a Qorvo GaN power amplifier. The Qorvo QPA1022 spans 8.5 to 11 GHz with 36.5 dBm of Psat output power. Offered in a 4 x 4 mm QFN package, it provides exceptional efficiency of 45% PAE and is an ideal component to support phased array radar applications, EW and commercial communication systems. Small signal gain is up to 32 dB while power gain is 24.5 dB. Biased from a 22 volt supply, the QPA1022 offers the advantages of GaN performance and includes integrated blocking capacitors and built-in power detector.
RFMW announces design and sales support for a high-linearity three-stage power amplifier in a low-cost surface-mount package. The Qorvo QPA9424, with on-chip bias control and temperature control circuits, is suitable for small cell base station applications over the 2300 – 2400 MHz frequency range (band 30 and band 40). Providing 35.8 dB gain and +27 dBm linear power, the QPA9424 achieves −48.5 dBc ACLR at +27 dBm output power with 20 MHz LTE signals. Internally matched and available in a 7 x 7 mm surface mount package, this device replaces the TPQ9424.
Qorvo and RFMW have teamed up to present an eBook addressing 5G development challenges and design solutions. Based on a collection of useful Microwave Journal articles, the eBook includes a Qorvo white paper covering various technology tradeoffs for designing FWA arrays including beamforming techniques, front-end components and semiconductor materials. Additional articles include solutions for network densification as small cells will need to be deployed in massive numbers to achieve 5G NR goals and an article about how microwave solutions are required to drive 5G deployment. Lastly, and article looks at optimization techniques for Doherty power amplifier design as these are…
RFMW offers design and sales support for an ultra-fine frequency resolution synthesizer. The Skyworks SKY72310-11 fractional-N frequency synthesizer is a key building block for high-performance radio system designs requiring low power and fine step size with fast switching speed and low phase-noise performance. The ultra-fine step size of <100 Hz allows use in very narrowband wireless applications. With proper temperature sensing or through control channels, the synthesizer’s fine step size can compensate for crystal oscillator or intermediate frequency (IF) filter drift. As a result, crystal oscillators can replace TCXOs or OCXOs thereby reducing parts count and associated component cost. Reference…
RFMW announces design and sales support for a broad bandwidth, GaN, solid state power amplifier from Aethercomm. Model Number SSPA 0.020-6.000-35 operates from 20MHz to 6GHz and delivers 35 to 50 Watts (typ.) of saturated output power for broad band T&M, military and commercial applications. Typical small signal gain is up to 49dB with gain flatness of +/-4dB. Operating from a +28V supply, this class AB amplifier includes an external DC blanking command that enables and disables the module in less than 20.0 uSec. Standard features include over/under voltage protection and reverse polarity protection. The SSPA 0.020-6.000-35 is offered in…
RFMW announces design and sales support for a high power amplifier with excellent efficiency and gain. Offering 60 Watts of saturated power for 2.8 to 3.5 GHz radar systems, the QPA1027 amplifier from Qorvo provides a small signal gain of 22 dB. Designed for 50V operation, the QPA1027 power-added efficiency is 55%. GaN on SiC technology and a robust 6 x 6 mm QFN package provides the small size needed for high density, S-band radar systems.
RFMW announces design and sales support for a small, surface mount circulator from Skyworks Ireland. The SKYFR-001803 provides 20 dB of isolation from 2496 to 2690 MHz for wireless infrastructure and power amplifier protection. With unique, vertical lead connections to the PCB, the robust-lead design ensures excellent co-planarity for trouble-free SMT assembly. Ideal for 5G massive MIMO and small cell applications the SKYFR-001803 has a maximum average power rating up to 20 W (160 W peak). Maximum insertion loss at room temperature is only 0.25 dB. Circulators play a critical role in infrastructure designs by protecting RF elements from excessive…