Microsemi Corporation announced a new family of wideband plastic packaged and chip monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) devices. The new products adds to a growing portfolio of high-performance wideband MMICs and include four plastic packaged low noise amplifiers (LNAs), MMA040PP5, MMA041PP5, MMA043PP4 and MMA044PP3; a wideband power amplifier (PA) chip, MMA053AA; and two plastic packaged switches, MMS006PP3 and MMS008PP3. The new MMIC products will […]
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Transient Voltage Suppressor Diode: What is it?
Transients are sudden high-frequency overvoltages that can destroy a chip. A silicon Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) is a circuit protection component that either attenuates (reduces) or filters a transient voltage spike (overvoltage), thus protecting your circuit. Another type of TVS diverts a voltage spike away from your circuit (also known as shunting, clamping, or bypassing.) […]
MMIC amps, wideband switches target radar and test applications
Microsemi Corporation announced six new monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) products, including four wideband low noise MMIC amplifiers (MMA040AA , MMA041AA, MMA043AA and MMA044AA) and two wideband gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC switches (MMS006AA and MMS008AA). The new MMIC products are ideally suited for test and measurement, electronic warfare and radar applications. “Our new high linearity MMIC amplifiers and switches represent Microsemi’s significant […]
Chip-scale atomic clocks fit in compact quarters
Microsemi Corporation announced its new thermally improved Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) components with full operating and storage temperature. The new devices offer the lowest power holdover atomic clock technology without compromising size, weight, and power (SWaP) while operating at a wide temperature range. With an operating temperature range of -10 to 70 degrees Celsius, Microsemi’s new CSAC […]
PoE multiplexer eliminates Ethernet switch replacements
Microsemi Corporation announced the availability of its PDS-EM-8100 Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) 2.5 Gbps Multiplexer. As the first device of its kind, the unique offering enables installations of new 802.11ac access points with 2.5 Gbps rates without the need to replace the Ethernet switch with a 2.5G NBASE-T interface. Microsemi’s new PDS-EM-8100 PoE 2.5 Gbps Multiplexer converts […]
Rad-tolerant diode arrays handle 700 mA, 125 V
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, has announced the newest member of its high-reliability space product portfolio, the LX7710 radiation-tolerant diode array. The LX7710 is the industry’s first integrated solution of its kind offering eight diode pair channels designed specifically for satellites and other space […]
IEEE-1588 IGM grandmaster integrates GNSS receiver and antenna
Microsemi Corporation , a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today introduced two members to its IGM (Integrated Grand Master) product portfolio, the IGM-1100o (outdoor version) and the IGM-1100x (support external antennas), as well as capacity enhancements to its IGM-1100i (indoor version). The offerings broaden outdoor and indoor deployment […]
MMSM PIN diode for high-power RF switching
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) has announced a new high power monolithic microwave surface mount (MMSM) series-shunt SP2T PIN diode reflective switch, the MPS2R10-606. The device is optimized for high frequency (HF),very high frequency (VHF) and ultrahigh frequency (UHF) high power transmit/receive (T/R) switching in applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) receive arrays and first […]
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 […]