PAs and LNAs Poised to Support E-band Systems
Altum RF will be at IMS (Booth #22020) to roll out its latest gallium-arsenide (GaAs) and gallium-nitride (GaN) MMICs for E-band applications. Intended for broad usage in the satcom, telecommunications, radar, and test and measurement markets, the power-amplifier and low-noise-amplifier MMICs support demanding mmWave applications with high output power and gain for longer-range links. These devices include an on-chip integrated power detector.
Some of the new offerings include:
- ARF1221Q2: 6- to 18-GHz low-noise amplifier (LNA), 1-dB noise figure (NF), QFN package
- ARF1224Q2: DC to 18-GHz LNA, 1.6-dB NF @ 10 GHz, QFN package
- ARF1219Q2: 17.7- to 21.2-GHz LNA, 1.4-dB NF, QFN package
- ARF1120Q3: 15- to 24-GHz driver amplifier, 22-dBm output P1dB, QFN package
- ARF1121Q3: 27- to 31-GHz driver amplifier, 22-dBm output P1dB, QFN package
- ARF1018: 71- to 79-GHz E-band power amplifier, 1.8-W Psat, bare die
- ARF1019: 81- to 86-GHz E-band power amplifier, 1.6-W Psat, bare die
- ARF1206: 71- to 86-GHz LNA, 2.5- to 3.5-dB NF from 71 to 86 GHz, bare die
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