RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Qorvo’s QPD1010 GaN on SiC, 10W transistor housed in a 3x3mm plastic QFN and operational from DC to 4GHz. Serving radar, mil comm, avionics, jammers and wideband amplifier applications, the QPD1010 offers a combination of high gain, high efficiency, low cost and small size making it an ideal unmatched transistor. Operating from bias voltages of 28-50V, power added efficiencies are as high as 70%. Small signal gain is rated at 25dB.
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RFMW, Ltd. reports successful participation at the 2017 Texas Symposium on Wireless & Microwave Circuits & Systems held in Waco, TX on March 30-31. “As a show sponsor and exhibitor, we found this symposium very valuable” said JoAnn Chun, Regional Sales Engineer from RFMW, Ltd. “With over 100 attendees, we saw a lot of interest for products such as RF cable assemblies and test components. Local companies such as Raytheon and BAE were in attendance as well as Baylor University students and professors.” 2017 marks the 4th year for this annual event. RFMW, Ltd. is proud to be a show…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a high efficiency, high gain transistor from Qorvo. The Qorvo QPD3601 GaN power transistor has a P3dB of 180W and 200W Psat for Band 42 wireless communications infrastructure and microcell designs in the 3.4 to 3.6GHz frequency range. Offering typical drain efficiency of 58% and linear gain of 22dB, the QPD3601 draws 420mA from a 50V supply. Qorvo offers this transistor in an eared, ceramic, air cavity package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 5GHz, Wi-Fi, low noise amplifier (LNA). The RFFM4527 offers noise figures as low as 1.2dB for 802.11a/n/ac applications from 4.9 to 5.925GHz. Featuring an integrated bypass mode, active gain is 16dB and bypass loss is 6dB. The RFFM4527 draws 15mA from a 3.3V supply and reduces system filtering requirements with an integrated 2.4GHz filter providing 28dB of rejection. 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 an integrated power amplifier module from Qorvo. The RFPA5552 spans 4.9 to 5.925GHz for 802.11a/n/ac Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), access points, enterprise routers, set-top-boxes, picocell and femtocell applications. With 32dB of typical gain, the RFPA5552 offers high throughput across the power spectrum and best-in-class power added efficiencies. An integrated power detector enables next-gen power calibration while low power consumption (275mA @ 3V) provides better thermal management. Offered in a 4x4mm QFN package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a Qorvo GaN on SiC transistor serving radar, mil comm, avionics, jammers and wideband amplifier applications. The QPD1009 is a 15W transistor housed in a 3x3mm plastic QFN and operational from DC to 4GHz. Operating from bias voltages of 28-50V, power added efficiencies are as high as 72%. Small signal gain is rated at 24dB. This combination of high gain, high efficiency, low cost and small size make the QPD1009 an ideal unmatched transistor.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a Doherty GaN transistor from Qorvo. The QPD2730 provides an average power of 45.6dBm with Doherty output of up to 53.7dBm P3dB. Doherty gain is 16dB. Ideal for wireless communications infrastructure in the 2.575 to 2.635GHz range, the QPD2730 is optimized for Band 7 macrocell applications. This transistor offers 53% drain efficiency operating from a 48V supply and drawing 210mA. It comes in a 4 lead, ceramic air cavity package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a Low Noise Amplifier supporting satellite communications and point to point radio. The Qorvo QPA2628 LNA offers 1.6dB noise figure in the 22 to 32GHz frequency range. With 23dB of gain and 19dBm output power, this GaAs device eases receiver design challenges with a return loss of 11dB. The QPA2628 draws 90mA from a 3.5V supply as comes in a 4x4mm, plastic overmold, QFN package. Also offered in DIE form as the QPA2628D with coverage from 25 to 31GHz.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a series of high isolation switches from Qorvo. Starting with the QPC6034 SP3T, the series includes QPC6044 SP4T, QPC6054 SP5T and QPC6064 SP6T. All switches are absorptive and cover the frequency range of 5 to 6000MHz. No RF blocking caps are necessary to integrate these switches into a design. SOI (Silicon on Insulator) enables port-to-port isolation as high as 60dB. All 4 switches are offered in 4x4mm QFN packages and use a Vcc from 3 to 5V.
RFMW , Ltd. announces application and sales support for the Telemakus TEG1000-10 USB controlled, RF generator. This laboratory quality generator offers a programmable RF output with 1KHz resolution. Suitable as a low cost RF source for 700 – 1000MHz design work, the TEG1000-10 provides performance similar to much higher priced generators such as Phase Noise of -105dBc/Hz@100KHz offset and spurious performance of -80dBc. Along with frequency, output power is controllable up to 10dBm. Second harmonics are kept to -20dBc. When coupled with other Telemakus USB controlled devices, complex text functions are achievable. Weighing less than an ounce, Telemakus test devices…