GHz baluns and couplers in 0603 packaging

Component distributor Richardson RFPD is to stock a range of 0603 (1.5 x 0.7mm) RF components from TTM Technologies, all branded ‘Xinger’ and “designed to meet the density and performance challenges of next-generation 5G transceiver and power amplifier applications”, according to Richardson.

Richardson TTM_0603 400

They include:

  • Three Xinger 90° 3dB hybrid couplers at 1.8 – 2.3GHz, 2.2 – 2.8GHz or 3.1 – 5.1GHz.
  • Nine Xinger directional couplers at 2, 4 or 5dB and 1.7 – 2.3GHz, 2.2 – 2.8GHz or 3.1 – 5GHz “best in applications where minimal part-to-part variation is required, as in asymmetrical Doherty combiner applications”, said the distributor.
  • Nine 50Ω Ohm unbalanced Xinger balun transformers to 50, 100 or 200Ω balanced at 600 – 2,300MHz, 1.2 – 2.7GHz or 2.3 – 6GHz

Find Richardson’s Xinger product page here


Steve Bush

Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly, covering electronics developments for more than 25 years. He has a particular interest in the Power and Embedded areas of the industry. He also writes for the Engineer In Wonderland blog, covering 3D printing, CNC machines and miscellaneous other engineering matters.

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