RF & Microwave

Taoglas, the antenna specialist, has brought out a roof mount antenna designed for connected vehicle fleets across emergency services, utilities, and commercial sectors which integrates up to 18 antenna elements. Called the Patriot series, the antenna supports  5G and 4G cellular (600–6000 MHz), with both dual-band GNSS (L1 and L1/ L5) and a secondary GNSS (L1), Wi-Fi (2.4, 5.8, and ...

Qorvo’s QPA1314 is a packaged high power MMIC amplifier, fabricated on Qorvo’s production 0.15 um GaN on SiC process (QGaN15).  QPA1314 is targeted for 13.75 – 14.5 GHz Satcom band. Linear power is 20 W with 25 dBc third order intermodulation distortion products. It provides 40 W of output power with 27 dB of large signal gain while achieving 30% ...

Filtronic is aiming at satellite up-links with a 500W V-band linear RF amplifier. Called Prometheus, it was unveiled at the International Microwave Symposium this week. I combines gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor with the company’s Cerus 32 solid-state power amplifiers. Bandwidth is 5.2GHz from 47.2 to 52.4GHz range, and typical saturated output power is 57dBm (500W) after a typical gain of 70dB. ...

Phlux Technology has announced 1550nm avalanche photodiode with a 3.5GHz cut-off. Part of its existing Aura range, the speed increase comes from a reduced die size, down to 30µm from 80µm (1.8GHz) or 200µm (700MHz), which drops capacitance to between 0.15 and 0.4pF. “This makes it ideal for high-speed, time-critical applications, such as those found in gigabit speed optical communications, ...

Aaronia will reveal USB and portable real-time spectrum analysers at the IMS Microwave Symposium in San Francisco next week. Spectran V6 Mobile is the portable analyser (photo right), with a real-time bandwidth of 490MHz. “This means that even the 320MHz wide channels of the new IEEE 802.11ax standard can be fully recorded,” according to the company. “The tablet, which is ...

ST has started mass-production start of its ST67W611M1 combined Wi-Fi 6 and BLE  5.4 module. The module is the first product of ST’s collaboration with Qualcomm  to simplify implementing wireless connectivity in systems containing STM32 MCUs. The ST67W module is ready to integrate with any STM32 MCU and contains a Qualcomm multiprotocol network coprocessor and 2.4GHz radio. All RF front-end ...

Würth Elektronik has combined Classic and LE version 5.4 in a single Bluetooth module measuring 16.6 x 12 x 1.7mm including its antenna. Called Skoll-I, “the module is already certified for conformity in all major target markets”, said Wurth. The “module offers an opportunity for developing devices that need to connect to both legacy and modern devices. [It] also offers ...

Tiago Rodrigues provides an update on the long range, low power connectivity standard that he believes is the next big thing for the IoT. Wi-Fi HaLow has been called an IoT enabler that overcomes the challenges faced by wireless low-power IoT devices, but what is it, and why does it matter? Also known as IEEE 802.11ah, Wi-Fi HaLow began life ...

Mouser Electronics is stocking a 5G linear RF amplifier from Qorvo. QPA9822 is designed for 32-node mMIMO (massive multiple-input and multiple-output) antenna systems found in wideband 5G NR (new radio) with instantaneous signal bandwidths up to 530MHz, “making it ideally suited for the N77 band”, according to Qorvo. Ports are internally match to 50Ω over the 3.3 – 4.2GHz operating ...

Taoglas, the antenna specialist, has launched its new Thunder Series – an outdoor antenna enclosure platform engineered to support direct integration and installation of the leading industrial routers within the antenna package. Designed for demanding outdoor environments, the series helps engineers optimize installations, reduce signal loss, and significantly lower deployment costs. Purpose-built for widely deployed routers from Digi, Ericsson, and ...