RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for dipole antennas with integrated gooseneck transmission lines and internal bandpass filtering. The Southwest Antennas’ 1001-127 includes a 3-pole, bandpass filter to reduce interference from co-located radios operating outside the antenna’s 2.1 to 2.5GHz operational frequency range. The half-wave dipole antenna has a gain of 2.15dBi and comes equipped with a reverse polarity TNC connector. The internal filter can handle 8W CW RF power. The 1001-127 antenna with integrated RF gooseneck is ideal for handheld video receivers, portable radio systems or any other mobile communication platform. The RF gooseneck can be threaded through…
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9/8/2017 – San Jose, California: Ampleon, a leading manufacturer of LDMOS and GaN RF power products acknowledged their RF focused distributor, RFMW Ltd. with an award for Distribution Partner of the Year at RFMW’s Global Sales Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. “RFMW has a great team of highly skilled sales engineers focused on supporting customers with their RF designs. Ampleon is pleased to present them with this award based on their outstanding performance as a channel partner” said Reinier Beltman, CEO at Ampleon. Steve Takaki, Executive Vice President of Sales at RFMW added “We’ve been expanding our global footprint and…
9/14/2017 – San Jose, California: RFMW Ltd. and CML Microcircuits (USA) Inc. have announced a distribution agreement effective September 8th, 2017. CML Microcircuits (CML) designs, manufactures and markets innovative analogue, digital, mixed signal and RF integrated circuits. CML is a world leader in low-power analogue, digital and mixed-signal semiconductors for telecommunications systems globally. The company is a member of the CML Microsystems Plc. group of companies. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised to market and sell…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for an asymmetric Doherty power device from Qorvo. The QPD2731 is a next-generation GaN on SiC solution featuring two transistors in a single package to maximize linearity, efficiency and gain, and ultimately reduce operating costs in macro base stations. Providing a peak Doherty output power of 316W, the QPD2731 can deliver 50W average power at 48V operation for applications in the 2.5 to 2.7GHz frequency range. Doherty gain is 16dB and Doherty drain efficiency is 60% at an average power of 47.5dBm. This RoHS compliant device is offered in a 4-lead, earless, ceramic…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a front-end module (FEM) designed for GNSS applications including GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo. TST’s TN0089A contains a high-performance pre-SAW filter and low noise amplifier providing 15.5dB of in-band gain and very high out-of-band rejection of unwanted signals. Relative to the center frequency of 1575MHz, rejection is 52dBc from 704 to 915MHz and 43dBc from 1710 to 1980MHz. Noise figure is only 1.5dB typical for 1575MHz applications and 1.7dB typical for 1597-1606MHz applications. The TN0089A draws only 3.6mA from a 1.8 to 2.8V supply and is offered in a very small 1.5×1.1mm…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the MiniRF MRFXF5702 transformer designed for 50 to 1200MHz applications that require very small, low cost, and highly reliable surface mount components. This 1:1 transmission line transformer features a tertiary winding and characteristic impedance of 75 ohms. RF power handling is up to 2 watts. The MRFXF5702 is available on tape and reel for automated assembly.
RFMW , Ltd. announces application and sales support for the Telemakus TEA6000-95 USB controlled, solid state, RF attenuator. This laboratory quality, Digital Step Attenuator (DSA) offers programmable attenuation range of 0 to 95dB in 0.5dB increments (steps). The TEA6000-95 operates from 0.1 to 6GHz making it ideal for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) for WiMAX, LTE, WiFi, and 3G/4G Fading Simulators and 5G Beam Forming in engineering and production Test Lab environments. The DSA is uniquely addressable allowing systems needing multiple channels to be built and controlled from a single Windows or Linux computer. Internal circuits reduce the effect of glitches…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a surface mount, high power, hybrid coupler. RN2 Technologies’ CMXW25A03 provides power combining for applications from 700 to 4000MHz with a 200W input power capacity. Maximum insertion loss of the CMXW25A03 is 0.85dB. Phase balance is 90 degrees +/-10 degrees. Offered in a 14.22×8.9mm SMT package with an operating temperature range of -55 to +125 degrees C for harsh environments, this hybrid coupler serves ISM band heating and cooking applications.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for an EVM optimized Front End Module from Qorvo. The QPF4519 offers a high output power of 25dBm while complying with 5150 to 5925MHz WiFi spectral masks. EVM is -35dB (MCS9) at +23dBm. Incorporating an LNA with bypass, multi-stage transmit PA and SPDT switch, the QPF4519 offers solutions for access points and wireless routers. Less thermal compensation is needed as power consumption is <1.2 watts. Tx gain is 32dB while Rx gain is 16dB. Offered in a 5x3mm QFN package.
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for the MiniRF MRFXF0035 transformer designed for 45 to 1218MHz. DOCSIS 3.1 applications. The MRFXF0035 low loss design offers 0.6 dB typical insertion loss @1200MHz. Input RL is 25 dB typical along with outstanding Amplitude/Phase Balance between the outputs of 0.2dB & 3 Degrees respectively. Welded wire construction and low thermal coefficient packaging is industry leading, providing reliability and repeatability. This 1:1 transmission line transformer has a characteristic impedance of 75 ohms. RF power handling is up to 2 watts. Offered in industry standard .150” x .150” footprint.