Powering Communications

    July 2019
    Mouser Stocks Qorvo 60W GaN Power Amplifier
    Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the QPA2308 MMIC power amplifier from Qorvo. Engineered for commercial and military applications, the QPA2308 provides high-power density and power-added efficiency for 5 to 6 GHz radio frequency (RF)-based designs. Fabricated on Qorvo’s production 0.25 um gallium nitride-on-silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) process, this monolithic microwave integrated circu
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    Date:
    07/24/2019
    Effective USB 3.1 Filtering and Protection

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    Figure 1: USB-C dongle used to demonstrate USB 3.1 filtering and protection

    The USB connector and standard are one of the most widely implemented and successful interfaces ever used. The applications are commercial and industrial, and both have been pushing the standard to be faster. The USB standard has been updated to version 3.1. This standard increases data transfer speeds to 5 GB
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    Date:
    07/23/2019
    Vietnam Finds Common Ground with America over Huawei

    Viettel's President and CEO Le Dang Dung. Vietnam's state-owned mobile carrier is wary of doing business with China's Huawei.

    The U.S. might be loosening restrictions on Huawei, but China’s socialist neighbor is holding the line. Oddly enough, the free world is anything but unified on Shenzhen’s scandal-ridden telecom giant. The U.S. led the charge against Huawei, but after an industry revolt, it could be business as usual (l
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    Date:
    07/18/2019
    AOS Introduces New Source Down Packaging Technology
    SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) introduced the “Source Down” in a DFN 5x6 package in combination with a 40V Shield-Gate Technology (AlphaSGT).  AOS’innovative flip-chip know-how achieves the Source Down capability and this packaging technology offers a very low package
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    Date:
    07/17/2019
    Engineering Team Develops 'Beyond 5G' Wireless Transceiver

    The 'end-to-end transmitter-receiver' chip boasts a unique architecture combining digital and analog components on a single platform, resulting in ultra-fast data processing and reduced energy consumption.

    Irvine, Calif. - A new wireless transceiver invented by electrical engineers at the University of California, Irvine boosts radio frequencies into 100-gigahertz territory, quadruple the speed of the upcoming 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless communications standard. Labeled an "end-to-end transmitter-receiver" by its cr
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    Date:
    07/16/2019
    A Material for Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity

    The photomontage shows a sample of solid, pure niobium before coating (left), and coated with a thin layer of Nb3Sn (right).

    At present, niobium is the material of choice for constructing superconducting radio-frequency cavity resonators. These will be used in projects at the HZB such as bERLinPro and BESSY-VSR, but also for free-electron lasers such as the XFEL and LCLS-II. However, a coating of niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) could lead to co
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    Date:
    07/15/2019
    Helix Semiconductors' MxC 200 Power ICs Stocked at Digi-Key

    Helix’s MxC 200 family of configurable 15W DC-DC power ICs are now available worldwide from Digi-Key.

    IRVINE, Calif. -- Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors and Digi-Key, a leading electronic components distributor, announced that the two companies have entered into a global distribution partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Digi-Key will distribute Helix Semiconductors’ MxC 200 fa
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    Date:
    07/09/2019
    10W GaN-on-Si Power Amp Module Offers Design Flexibility
    Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the MAMG-100227-010C0L broadband power amplifier module from MACOM. The module offers outstanding design flexibility for a broad selection of radio and communications applications, including military tactical communications and electronic countermeasures, wireless public sa
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    Date:
    07/08/2019
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