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Guerrilla RF increases production of low noise amplifiers
Guerrilla RF has announced that it has received volume production orders for its premier Ultra-Low Noise Amplifier (Ultra-LNA) devices with industry-leading Noise Figure (NF), gain and linearity. The GRF2051, along with the higher gain GRF2052, support a wide range of high performance LNA applications including macro base stations, small cells, DAS and other high performance applications requiring the lowest possible NF along with the highest pos...
RF design tools add support for microwave product range
Analog Devices has announced updated releases of its popular RF design tools, which now provide support for Hittite products from ADI. The ADIsimRF design tool enables engineers to model RF and microwave signal chains using devices from across ADI’s RF IC portfolio. ADIsimRF Version 1.9 adds 190 mixers, amplifiers, switches and attenuators, which are primarily from the Hittite portfolio.
Digital pre-distortion demodulator integrates attenuator
Operating from 3200 to 4000MHz, an RF device that greatly reduces power consumption, solution cost and board area for developers of TDD cellular base stations has been unveiled by Integrated Device Technology. The F1358 integrated digital pre-distortion demodulator delivers the industry’s highest levels of linearity and integration to enhance the performance of the digital pre-distortion transmitter linearisation path of cellular base stati...
VCO operates from 3420 to 3430MHz
Operating from 3420 to 3430MHz with a control voltage range of 0.5-4.5V, the CVCO55CC-3420-3430 VCO has been released by Crystek. The device features a typical phase noise of -110dBc/Hz at 10KHz offset and has outstanding linearity.
Precision quartz crystals suit smart card applications
Total Frequency Control provides a wide range of miniature SMD quartz crystals in both standard and custom frequencies with sizes ranging from 1.6x1.0 to 8.0x2.3mm. Applications include automotive such as the Keyless entry systems and engine management, smart credit cards, animal tracking systems, telecommunications and digital instrumentation.
SMT clock crystals offer stable ageing characteristics
Schukat has expanded its range of SMT clock crystals, announcing the availability of the IC6, IC8 and IC9 series from Red Frequency. All three series operate at the typical, most-used frequency of 32.768kHz, and offer excellent value in terms of frequency and aging stability.
Waveguide detectors cover frequencies of 26.5-110GHz
A collection of high performance zero biased waveguide detectors that exhibit optimum performance in Ka, Q, U, V, E and W frequency bands have been introduced by Pasternack. These waveguide detectors are widely deployed in various aerospace, defence and commercial wireless applications used in instrumentation, power detection, power monitoring, direct detection receivers, high frequency communications, radar, satcomms, point-to-point radio, telec...
Fundamental mode crystals enable superior phase noise performance
Offering frequencies from 1.0 to 50MHz, a series of miniature VCXOs that use fundamental mode crystals for superior phase noise performance have been unveiled by Euroquartz. The G326 series VCXOs feature integrated phase jitter of 200fs typical and are suited for use in applications such as PLL, SONET, ATM,STBs, MPEG, audio-video modulation, video game consoles, HDTV, ONET, 10GbE, fibre channel, wireless repeaters, transponders, FPGAs and data ac...
RF power amplifiers target industrial radios
Two RF power amplifiers that can be operated at 3.6 or 7.5V and are targeted for applications where power for radio range and efficiency for battery life are key design requirements have been introduced by Freescale Semiconductor.