Texas Instruments introduced an audio operational amplifier (op amp) that sets the latest standard in audio performance. The OPA1622 is the newest addition to the company’s Burr-Brown™ Audio line and is the next generation of the widely adopted OPA1612. The new OPA1622 delivers high output power of up to 150 mW and extremely low distortion […]
Microwave, MMW digital phase shifters produce 255 phase steps
Pasternack, a provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a new series of 8-bit digital phase shifters which are programmable over a full 360 degree range and can produce a discrete set of phase states of up to 255 total steps with 1.4 degree increments with a high level of accuracy and minimal phase shift error. These […]
LVDT interface chips work over extended temperature range
Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced the availability of a new device in its recently launched family of sensor interface integrated circuits (ICs) based upon inductive sensing technology, the LX3302. As the newest addition to the industry’s first inductive sensor interface IC product family utilizing linear variable differential transformer […]
SPDT RF switch features low insertion loss
Integrated Device Technology, Inc.® (IDT®) introduced the industry’s first single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) RF switch featuring its patent-pending KZconstant impedance technology. The IDT F2923 is a low insertion loss SPDT absorptive RF switch designed for a multitude of RF applications, including base stations (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G), wireless backhaul, CATV, and portable handhelds. The KZ feature controls all port […]
Waveguide-to-coax adapters span 65 GHz
Pasternack, a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has released new lines of in-stock 1.85mm, 2.4mm and 2.92mm waveguide to coax adapters with operating up to 65 GHz. These waveguide adapters are used for any number of applications such as SATCOM, wireless communications, industrial, test and measurement and defense systems whenever there is […]
Drivers for BDC motors incorporate on-chip current sensing
Texas Instruments introduced a family of three brushed DC gate drivers featuring the industry’s first device with integrated current sensing. With this integration, designers using the DRV8871 can avoid the power loss, heat generation and cost associated with using external sense resistors. Compared to competitive devices, the DRV8871 motor driver family helps reduce design complexity, […]
Coax threshold detectors span 2 to 40 GHz
Pasternack, a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a new line of coaxial threshold detectors designed for microwave and millimeter wave applications from 2 to 40 GHz. These threshold detectors are commonly used for analyzing radar performance, leveling pulsed signal sources, AM noise measurements, system monitoring and pulsed RF measurements in ultra-broadband […]
RF Power Combiners Operate Up to 6 GHz
Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, introduces a new line of broadband RF power combiners. These new combiners are commonly deployed in systems using components such as power amplifiers, antenna feeds, attenuators and switches, often for combining individual power amplifiers together into a large power block in an amplifier system. […]
High-power GaN coaxial power amps fit in compact packages
Pasternack, a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, announces their expanded offering of gallium nitride (GaN) coaxial power amplifiers. GaN has emerged as the technology of choice in power amplifier designs. The high power density of gallium nitride semiconductor technology dissipates heat more effectively which results in amplifier designs that have significantly […]
Wolfspeed introduces 50V plastic GaN HEMTs for LTE & radar
Wolfspeed, a Cree Company and a global supplier of GaN-on-SiC high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), has introduced two new plastic-packaged 50V/60W GaN HEMT devices that provide the intrinsic GaN value of power and bandwidth in a low cost package platform. Supplied in miniature (4.5mm x 6.5mm), economical, plastic SMT packages, […]
