RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for an RF input-matched transistor from Qorvo. The Qorvo QPD1000 has a P3dB of 15W for applications within the frequency range of 30 to 1215MHz such as military communications, LMR and radar. Capable of pulsed and CW operation, the QPD1000 can be tuned for maximum power or maximum efficiency. PAE is 78% at 1GHz with small signal gain of 19dB. Bias voltage ranges from 28 to 32V and Qorvo offers this transistor in a 5x6mm DFN package.
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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 100MHz, sub-band B41 BAW filter. The Qorvo QPQ1280 supports base station infrastructure, repeaters and boosters for designs with pass band frequencies from 2555 to 2655MHz. No external matching is necessary and the QPQ1280 offers 45dBm attenuation at 2483MHz. Power handling is 29dBm.
5/31/2017 – San Jose, California: RFMW Ltd. and APA Wireless Technologies of Oakland Park, Florida, have announced a distribution agreement effective May 15, 2017. APA Wireless Technologies is a custom designer and manufacturer of high performance Voltage Controlled Oscillators, Coaxial Resonator Oscillators, PLL Synthesizers and YIG replacement Oscillators for commercial and military communication systems. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised worldwide for the complete product offering of APA Wireless. Eliot Fenton, President of APA Wireless stated,…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a cost effective, high performance driver amplifier. Ampleon’s BLP9G0722-20 offers 20 watts of RF power with 60% efficiency drawing 180mA from a 28V supply. The wide-band frequency coverage of 400 to 2700MHz supports mobile broadband designs, either as a driver stage, or as a final stage for lower power small cells. Linear gain is up to 20.5dB while ACLR @ 35dBm is less than -45dBc in class AB operation. The BLP9G0722-20 compact, low cost TO270 package offers low thermal resistance for small form factor applications.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the Qorvo RFPD3580, a 45 – 1218MHz power doubler hybrid amplifier used in DOCSIS 3.1 CATV systems. Offering excellent linearity along with reliability, the RFPD3580 provides ultra-high power output under pure digital loading. This amplifier provides up to 22.5dB of gain at 1218MHz. CSO is rated at -76.8dBc while CTB is rated at -73dBc. DC current can be externally adjusted for best circuit performance with a maximum current draw of 530mA. Supply voltage is optional from 24 to 34 volts. Unconditionally stable under all terminations it is offered in industry standard SOT115J…
5/24/2017 – San Jose, California: RFMW Ltd., a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave products as well as component-engineering support, today announced the acquisition of Microwave Marketing Ltd. (MML). MML is also a specialized RF & Microwave product supplier with operations based in Lincoln, United Kingdom, an area central to RF and Microwave design activity. The agreement increases RFMW’s global footprint and enhances their corporate standing as an RF focused, technically proficient distribution organization. Chris Carr, Managing Director of Microwave Marketing said, “RFMW’s culture and strategy is similar to ours in that we…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 2.4GHz, Wi-Fi, low noise amplifier (LNA). The Qorvo RFFM4227 offers noise figures as low as 1.3dB for 802.11 applications from 2.4 to 2.5GHz. Featuring an integrated bypass mode, active gain is 15dB and bypass loss is 6dB. The RFFM4227 draws 15mA from a 3.3V supply and reduces system filtering requirements with an integrated 5GHz rejection for DBDC operation. The 6-pin, 1.6×1.6mm package minimizes board space requirements in wireless routers and CPEs.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a WiFi BAW filter from Qorvo. The 885136 offers bandedge rejection at 2390 and 2583.5MHz for WiFi CPE, access points, set top boxes, gateways, smart meters and IoT applications. Featuring LowDrift BAW technology, operating temperature is extended from -40 to +95 degrees Celsius allowing outdoor operation with minimal drift. Insertion loss is 0.9dB (channels 2-11) while low band attenuation of unwanted signals is 31dB and high band attenuation is 24dB. Improved attenuation enables coexistence of WiFi and LTE signal within the same device or in close proximity thereby increasing the effective signal…
RFMW, Ltd. announces participation at the IMS2017 IEEE symposium to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii June 4 to 9. IMS (International Microwave Symposium) is the premier conference and exhibition for RF design engineers to learn about the latest topics and new products important to the RF and Microwave industry. As an exhibitor, RFMW is highlighting products and technologies from key supplier partners in booth 1437. RFMW is the premier RF and Microwave distribution provider. Sales engineers and application specialists will be on hand to support specific project questions and component design considerations. RFMW, it’s who we are, it’s what we…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a GNSS LNA targeting small-form factor, low-power IoT applications. The Skyworks SKY65623-682LF is a discrete LNA optimized to operate from 1559 to 1606 MHz and designed for applications such as wearables, asset trackers, navigation devices and action cameras. Very low current consumption of 1mA increases battery life of 1.8V cell batteries. Gain is 16.5dB while noise figure is 0.85dB. Offered in a 0.8×0.8 QFN package, the SKY65623-682LF is remarkably small and requires minimal external components thereby reducing PCB space requirements.