Fort Worth, TX, July 31, 2018 – TTI, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire RFMW Ltd., a privately held, specialty distributor headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Upon completion of the acquisition, RFMW will continue to operate under the RFMW brand name, reporting through the TTI Semiconductor Group (TSG). Joel Levine will continue to serve as President of RFMW, and will report to TSG President, Michael Knight. Consummation of the transaction is subject to entering into a definitive agreement regarding the transaction and to the…
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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a pair of 75 ohm Amplifiers. Qorvo’s QPB7420 and QPB7425 ICs are designed to support Fiber to The Home (FTTH) applications from 47 to 1218MHz. Both devices offer noise figure of 1.1dB. The QPB7420 is a 5V device with 20dB of flat gain. The QPB7425 operates on 8V with 25dB of gain. Both devices are packaged as SOT-89 for convenient layout and design in set top and 75Ω CATV and satellite infrastructure projects.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a broad bandwidth, GaN, solid state power amplifier from Aethercomm. Model Number SSPA 0.020-6.000-70 operates from 20MHz to 6GHz and delivers a typical saturated output power of 70 Watts for broad band T&M, military and commercial applications. Typical small signal gain is 50 to 60dB with gain flatness of +/-3dB. Operating from a +28V supply, this amplifier includes an external DC blanking command that enables and disables the module in less than 25 uSec. Standard features include over/under voltage protection and reverse polarity protection. The SSPA 0.020-6.000-70 is offered in a modular…
RFMW Ltd., announces design and sales support for MAST Technologies microwave absorbing materials. The MD10-0008-00-N Engineering Design Kit contains a variety of samples intended to be cut and utilized during the design process for cavity resonance disruption, surface wave attenuation, reflection loss or insertion loss. Featuring RF absorbing elastomers, RF absorbing foam, and Suppress-n-Sink, RF Absorber + Thermally Conductive pad material, the kit provides solutions for a wide range of applications including concealment, electronic enclosures, antenna systems, wireless networking equipment, test and measurement systems, millimeter wave technologies and PIM reduction. Durable elastomeric material is flexible and will not crack, even…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for an ultra-low-noise, bypass LNA gain block. The Qorvo QPL9096 spans 1700 to 2700MHz for wireless infrastructure applications. The integrated bypass function offers high linearity in bypass mode. At 2.5 GHz, the amplifier typically provides 25 dB gain, +33.5 dBm OIP3, and 0.75 dB noise figure while drawing 60 mA current from a +4.2 V supply. The QPL9096 is internally matched and only requires four external components for operation from a single positive supply: an external RF choke and blocking/bypass capacitors. Internal active bias maintains high performance over temperature. Offered in a 2x2mm…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Southwest Antennas’ half-wave, omnidirectional, dipole antennas. Originally developed for Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS), these antennas span 700 to 2600MHz, handle up to 50W of input power and are applicable to many commercial VHF, L and S band systems. For example, the 1001-149 spans 1,250 – 1,850 MHz and provides 2.1 dBi of gain. Part number 1001-154 is similar but with a spring-base versus gooseneck. And part number 1001-152 offers an integrated, sealed and waterproof RF Gooseneck assembly with an internal GPS notch filter to help eliminate out-of-band transmitter noise. Applicable for…
7/19/2018 – San Jose, California: RFMW, Ltd. marked July 1, 2018 as the 15-year anniversary of their company. With worldwide headquarters in San Jose, CA. and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, the company has seen a continual acceptance of their “niche” philosophy in that “RFMW, Ltd. is a specialty electronics distribution company focused on RF and Microwave technology”. “We’re truly humbled by the trust our customers and suppliers have in RFMW. Our tagline, “RFMW – it’s who we are, it’s what we do” is also our strategy for success. We focus on our strengths…
7/18/2018 – San Jose, California: RFMW Ltd. announced a distribution agreement with Knowles Precision Devices effective, 1st July 2018. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised for worldwide marketing and sales of Knowles Precision Devices brands: Dielectric Laboratories (DLI), Johanson Manufacturing (JMC), Novacap, Syfer Technology, Voltronics and Compex. Knowles Precision Devices offers a portfolio of multi-layer ceramic capacitors, EMI Filters, High Reliability Capacitors, Single Layer Capacitors, Precision variable Capacitors and Thin Film Devices for the telecom, automotive, medical, military, space and industrial markets. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a RF power module from Ampleon. The BPC2425M9X250Z Power Module offers 250W CW power for RF cooking applications at 2450MHz. With 61% efficiency and 17dB gain, this high efficiency module has integrated temperature sensing and bias temperature compensation networks. Operating from a 32V supply, RF input and output are matched to 50 ohms for ease-of-use, providing a cost effective solution with minimum design work and easy connectivity in multi-pallet applications that include heating and drying, plasma lighting and other ISM related designs. Ampleon performs 100% RF testing during module production to ensure…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Sangshin QUBE antennas. Featuring a unique quadrifilar helix structure, the QUBE offers lighter weight than standard ceramic patch antennas (>85% reduction) for handheld RFiD reader applications. Increased bandwidth, wide beamwidth and circular polarization dramatically decrease the antennas sensitivity to surrounding signal interference sources, yielding higher performance over patch antennas. In addition, front-to-back ratio is increased for better directionality when scanning RFiD tags. Sangshin offers various size antennas to provide needed gain and allow for size constraints. Popular RFiD frequencies are addressed. For example, the KSA-891A6015B109B spans a 24MHz bandwidth from 887 to…