The CDPA35045 asymmetric Doherty PA reference design for the 3.5 to 3.7 GHz band provides increased wireless system capacity for both licensed wireless carrier services and unlicensed public use, such as Wi-Fi. Providing 10 W average output power and predistortion correctability, Doherty PA design uses 30-W CGHV27030S and 15-W CGHV27015S GaN HEMT devices, which can […]
Tools
Microwave RF assembly calculator
W. L. Gore & Associates has introduced an online tool designed to complement the existing GORETM Microwave/RF Assembly Builder. The new GORETM Microwave/RF Assembly Calculator is used to calculate insertion loss, VSWR and other parameters of GORE® Microwave/RF Assemblies for different cable types. The Calculator is particularly useful when the initial cable type is unknown […]
Mini FETs from Diodes Inc. for space-critical applications
Diodes Incorporated has extended its line of ultra-small discrete products for space-critical product design. The company has announced a trio of small-signal MOSFETs in the tiny DFN0606 package: 20V and 30V rated N-channel transistors and a 30V rated P-channel part. With a footprint measuring only 0.6mm x 0.6mm, each device takes 40% less board space […]
Connectorized RF Amps hit 40 GHz
Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has significantly expanded their portfolio of connectorized RF amplifiers including high power amplifiers, high-rel amplifiers, broadband amplifiers, limiting amplifiers, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers (LNAs), log amplifiers and gain blocks. Pasternack’s broad lines of coaxial amplifiers are employed across the entire […]
Dual-band Wi-Fi audio IC for IoT
News Highlights: Enables multi-room experience on same network with advanced timing synchronization Includes support for Apple AirPlay™ Reduces cost for OEMs with fully integrated SoC and expands opportunities in home audio market Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation company in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, introduced the industry’s first dual-band Wi-Fi audio […]
IDT releases IEEE 1588 time and frequency generators
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®) (NASDAQ: IDTI) introduced a family of IEEE 1588 time and frequency generator chips to reduce costs while meeting the synchronization needs of LTE-Advanced, wireless backhaul and heterogeneous networks. The unique architecture and capabilities of these devices are fully documented and accessible to allow IEEE 1588 software designers to implement their […]
High-speed a/d converters hit 200 msps
Microchip announced two families of new high-speed A/D converters in the MCP37DX1-200 and MCP372X1-200 families. These families feature 12-, 14- and 16-bit pipelined A/D converters with a maximum sampling rate of 200 Mega samples per second (Msps). The 14- and 16-bit devices feature high accuracy of over 74 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and over 90 […]
AgileIC: Time for a new hardware design process?
How do I reduce time-to-market? Let me count the ways… If you read enough advertising, white papers, application notes, or product descriptions you will quickly lose count of the various components, tools, and services that promise reduced time-to-market. It seems that everyone has a solution to the problem of shrinking design cycles and just when you’ve […]
Low Noise Active Mixer spans 4-23 GHz
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, announced at EuMW 2014 in Rome, Italy, its MAMX-011023 low noise active mixer is available for sampling immediately. The highly anticipated market arrival of the 4–23 GHz MAMX-011023 discrete mixer gives system designers unrivaled flexibility to target a wide […]
Micrel launches family of miniature, efficient, low-profile, DC/DC power modules
Micrel Inc., an industry leader in high-performance Linear and Power solutions, LAN and timing and communications solutions, today introduced the MIC33163/MIC33164 (1A) and MIC33263/MIC33264 (2A) a family of low-profile step down power modules capable of 100 percent duty cycle and operating with an input voltage range from 2.7V to 5.5V. These compact modules integrate a […]