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E-Band Power Amplifiers and LNAs Support Telecom and SATCOM Apps

June 9, 2025

The devices' high output power and gain lend them to uses in longer-range data links.

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At IMS 2025, swing by Altum RF's Booth #966 to see several new products, including a new family of E-band power amplifiers (PAs) and low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). These devices provide high output power and gain for longer-range data links.

For example, model ARF1018 is a high-linearity gallium-nitride (GaN) PA MMIC that covers 71 to 76 GHz with 32.5 dBm of saturated output power (1.8 W). The bare-die device delivers 27 dB of linear gain for applications in high-capacity radio systems. It’s pre-matched to 50 Ω with an integrated, high-dynamic-range, and temperature-compensated power detector.

On the LNA side, model ARF1200Q2 is a low-noise/driver amplifier that serves high-data-rate applications with 22 dB of linear gain, a 1.6-dB noise figure, 8-dBm output P1dB, and low-current operation. It’s well-suited for high-order modulation schemes such as mmWave 5G radios.

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