RF Amplifiers News

  1. RFMW Introduces High Linearity, LNA Gain Block From TriQuint Semiconductors 6/15/2012

    RFMW , Ltd. announces design and sales support for TriQuint Semiconductor’s new 50 to 4000MHz Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) with noise figure of 0.66dB. 

  2. Richardson RFPD Introduces New W-Band Low Noise Amplifier From UMS 6/8/2012

    Richardson RFPD, Inc. recently introduces a new 80-105 GHz balanced low noise amplifier (LNA) from United Monolithic Semiconductors S.A.S. (UMS).

  3. The Market For Tower Mounted Amplifiers Nears $500M, Despite Encroaching Competitive Technologies 6/1/2012

    Tower mounted amplifiers have now become a common addition to most macro base station systems. They increase overall system performance and are now easily mounted and monitored. 

  4. NXP Launches Digital Wideband VGAs With High Linearity And Flexible Current Settings 5/24/2012

    NXP Semiconductors N.V. recently introduced the BGA7204 and BGA7210 – two 6-bit digital variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) offering high linearity, low noise and low power consumption across a very wide frequency band.

  5. ANADIGICS Powers Several New ZTE Smartphones 5/21/2012

    ANADIGICS, Inc., a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, recently announced that the Company is shipping production volumes of its AWT6621, AWT6624, AWT6625A, and AWT6628A fourth generation High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power (HELP4) power amplifiers (PAs) to ZTE for the V889D, V788D, N788, N910, and PF200 smartphones. 

  6. RFMW Introduces Small Package GNSS LNA From NXP Semiconductors 5/16/2012

    RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for NXP’s extremely small BGU8007 Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for GNSS receiver applications.

  7. Richardson RFPD Introduces Pair Of InGaP HBT Amplifiers From Freescale 5/11/2012

    Richardson RFPD, Inc. recently announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of new InGaP HBT amplifiers from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

  8. Space Probes Will Be More Useful With Amplifiers From Chalmers 4/26/2012

    Researchers at Chalmers have developed a new generation of amplifiers, which the European Space Agency (ESA) will be using throughout the world to receive signals from its space probes and satellites.

  9. Ka-Band LNA MMIC Offers 1.7 dB Noise Figure And Low Power Dissipation 4/20/2012

    The CMD162 is a GaAs MMIC low-noise amplifier (LNA) chip for applications from 26 to 34 GHz. Optimized for 30 GHz satellite communications, the CMD162 boasts a typical noise figure of 1.7 dB with a small-signal gain of 22 dB and an output 1 dB compression point of +7 dB.

  10. RFMW Introduces DVGA Solutions From TriQuint Semiconductors 4/10/2012
    RFMW , Ltd. announces design and sales support for the TQM879008 digital variable gain amplifier (DVGA) adding to a series of high performance, pin compatible DVGAs spanning the frequency range of 600 to 2700MHz.