RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for high gain, high linearity power amplifiers designed for ‘Small Cell’ applications. The Skyworks SKY66184-11 provides 38dB of gain for LTE radios operating in the 2110 to 2170MHz frequency range (B1, B4, B10). Designed for high linearity at elevated temperatures, the SKY66184-11 supports outdoor applications where ambient temperatures range from -40 to +85 degrees C. Typical ACLR performance is -50dBc at 23dBm. Skyworks provides an enable pin to provide for fast switching in LTE TDD systems which can also be used to power down the amplifier when not in use. An integrated coupler…
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RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a small cell duplexer. The Qorvo TQQ7101 BAW technology offers high isolation for LTE Band 1 uplink (1950MHz) and down link (2140MHz) filter requirements in base stations, repeaters, signal boosters and small cells. With full 60MHz bandwidth, in band insertion loss is only 3.7dB while UL/DL attenuation is up to 44dB. The TQQ7101 requires no external matching and handles 29dBm of power. The Qorvo TQQ7101 BAW duplexer is offered in an industry standard 3x3mm, hermitic package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for API Technologies’ QB-904 class AB amplifier operating from 2 to 6GHz. The QB-904 utilizes rugged, GaN technology to provide 4 watts of saturated output power offering broadband, medium power RF amplification for general purpose test systems or subsystems. API Technologies’ provides the QB-904 in a hermetically sealed, copper nickel housing with optional, field replaceable SMA connectors. A heat sink designed for the package is available when using the amplifier in a standalone environment. With a wide DC input voltage range of 23 to 28V, the QB-904 draws a nominal 1200mA from a…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 12 inch, coaxial Gooseneck assembly allowing omni-directional antennas to be mounted in different positions with respect to adjacent antennas. This is particularly useful for MIMO radio setups and dismounted user applications for body worn antennas used by first responders. Additional applications include precision surveying, asset tracking, unmanned ground vehicles and ad hoc mesh networks. The Southwest Antennas model 1040-027 gooseneck assembly is waterproof to a depth of 20 meters and can bend and hold past a 180 degree angle. One end of the assembly is a Type-N male connector and the…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a GaN power amplifier. The Qorvo TGA2218-SM offers 12W of saturated output power from 13.4 to 16.5GHz. Small signal gain is >28dB while large signal gain is >23dB. The TGA2218-SM draws 225mA from a 28V supply with 29% power added efficiency (PAE). Serving Commercial VSAT, Military Satcom, Radar and Data Link applications, the TGA2218-SM comes in a 5.5×4.5mm, air-cavity QFN package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for model P1AD-BNMM from P1dB. The P1AD-BNMM is a BNC male to BNC male adapter offering a miniature, quick connect/disconnect for commercial RF applications. Operating up to 3GHz in a 50 ohm environment, the adapter’s body is nickel plated zinc while the center contacts are gold plated brass. The P1AD-BNMM features a maximum VSWR or 1.2:1 making it useful in SATCOM, RFIC development labs and lower frequency test and measurement applications. Overall length of the adapter is 32mm. P1dB offers low cost, in-series and between-series adapters up to 65GHz.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for high gain, high linearity power amplifiers designed for ‘Small Cell’ applications. The Skyworks SKY66185-11 provides 38dB of gain for LTE radios operating in the 851 to 894MHz frequency range (B5, B6, B18, B19, B26, B27). Designed for high linearity at elevated temperatures, the SKY66185-11 supports outdoor applications where ambient temperatures range from -40 to +85 degrees C. Typical ACLR performance is -50dBc at 23dBm. Skyworks provides an enable pin to provide for fast switching in LTE TDD systems which can also be used to power down the amplifier when not in use.…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a small cell duplexer. The Qorvo TQQ6107 BAW technology offers high isolation for LTE Band 7 uplink (2535MHz) and down link (2655MHz) filter requirements in base stations, repeaters, signal boosters and small cells. With full 70MHz bandwidth, in band insertion loss is only 3.4dB while UL/DL attenuation is up to 48dB. The TQQ6107 requires no external matching and handles 29dBm of power. The Qorvo TQQ6107 BAW duplexer is offered in an industry standard 2.5x2mm, hermitic package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for Peregrine Semiconductor’s PE42421, a low cost, high performance SPDT switch. The PE42421 operates from 10MHz to 3GHz with insertion loss as low as 0.35dB and isolation as high as 30dB between ports. The input 1dB compression point is dependent on voltage and as high as 33.5dBm. Input IP3 is 55dBm. Peregrine’s PE42421 low cost switch finds applications in RFID, home networking, small cells and WiFi but also in avionics communications, EW, land mobile radio and macrocell base stations. Voltage supply can range from 1.8 – 3.3V. This Peregrine switch is offered in…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for broadband, omni-directional whip antenna from Southwest Antennas. The model 1000-029 covers the frequency band of 225 to 512MHz for broadband radio applications where rugged antenna options are required. The Southwest Antennas’ 1000-029 is fully potted and waterproof to 20 meters when installed, yet is lightweight (1.9 oz) and highly flexible. The TNC male connector is black chrome plated and the antenna is black polyolefin for low visibility and low reflectivity. Providing 2dBi of gain, horizontal beamwidth is 360 degrees and vertical elevation beamwidth is 82 degrees. The 1000-029 measures 10.93 inches and…