Peregrine Ships the RF Industry’s First Monolithic, 50 Watt Power Limiters
2014年6月3日 - 10:15PM
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Peregrine’s UltraCMOS PE45140 and PE45450 Power
Limiters Deliver Turnkey Protection Against Excessive RF Power and
ESD Events in LMRs, Test and Measurement Devices and
Wireless-Infrastructure Equipment
IMS 2014 – In Booth #515 Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:
PSMI), founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of
advanced RF solutions, announces the availability of UltraCMOS®
PE45140 and PE45450 RF power limiters. Peregrine’s power limiters
represent the industry’s first turnkey, monolithic solutions to
provide an alternative to discrete, PIN-diode limiters based on
gallium arsenide (GaAs). Now shipping, these components offer
repeatable and reliable protection designed for
test-and-measurement, land-mobile-radio (LMR),
wireless-infrastructure, military and radar systems.
“Peregrine is excited to deliver the industry’s first monolithic
power limiters – UltraCMOS PE45140 and PE45450 – today,” says
Kinana Hussain, senior marketing manager at Peregrine. “Because we
were able to architect the entire solution onto a single chip,
Peregrine’s programmable power limiters offer unique flexibility
and unprecedented, robust RF protection to designers of
test-and-measurement equipment, LMRs, wireless-infrastructure
devices and military and radar systems.”
Peregrine designed the UltraCMOS PE45140 to accommodate the
frequency ranges needed in military, LMR and radar applications.
Specifically, this power limiter can protect RF front ends and
low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) in LMRs; tactical radio receivers from
intentional jammers in military warfare; and transceiver (TRX)
modules in radiolocation, shipborne and air-traffic-control (ATC)
radar systems. Designed for higher frequency ranges, the PE45450
can protect RF ports in test-and-measurement equipment and RF
receivers in wireless-infrastructure equipment.
Both power limiters feature:
- High maximum power handling up to 50
W
- Form factor as much as eight times
smaller than PIN diode solutions
- Greater than 40 dB linearity (IIP3)
improvement over PIN diode solutions
- Fast response-and-recovery time of less
than one nanosecond
- Adjustable limiting threshold starting
as low as +22 dBm and reaching as high as +35 dBm
- Superior ESD ratings as high as 8 kV
HBM
- Dual-mode operation (power-limiting
mode and power-reflecting mode)
Peregrine’s programmable power limiters feature two operating
modes: power limiting and power reflecting. These modes can be
selected through a low current, analog voltage on the control pin
(VCTRL). In the power-limiting mode, the device is invisible to the
load, and it features very low insertion loss and high linearity.
When the incoming RF-signal power exceeds the limiting threshold
set through the VCTRL pin, the device limits the input RF power. In
the power-reflecting mode, the device reflects most of the incident
power back to the source. The power-reflecting mode also uses an
external power detector to sample the input RF power and toggle the
VCTRL pin from power-limiting to power-reflecting mode for maximum
protection. These power limiters also protect RF ports in unpowered
or unbiased conditions.
Features, Packaging, Pricing & Availability
Peregrine’s PE45140 and PE45450 feature a wide frequency range
from 20 MHz to 2 GHz, and 9 KHz to 6 GHz respectively. Both power
limiters feature fast response-and-recovery time of less than 1
nanosecond and protect systems from RF power spikes and surges in
harsh environments. The power limiters’ high ESD ratings of up to 8
KV (HBM) protect RF ports from ESD events and enable the devices to
operate as ESD clamps. Because PE45140 and PE45450 do not need
additional external components, such as DC blocking capacitors, RF
choke inductors and bias resistors, these power limiters reduce the
overall power-limiting-function footprint and BOM costs. Available
now in a compact 12-lead 3x3mm QFN package, PE45140 costs $6.90
each in 10K quantity orders and PE45450 costs $7.80 each in 10K
quantity orders. Evaluation kit boards are $130 each.
Visit IMS Booth #515 from June 3-5, 2014, for more information
or to talk with a technical expert. Additional information can also
be obtained online in the press kit.
Specifications UltraCMOS PE45140
UltraCMOS PE45450 Frequency
20 MHz to 2 GHz 9 KHz to 6 GHz
Adjustable Limiting Threshold (P1dB) +22 dBm
to +32 dBm +25 dBm to +35 dBm Insertion Loss
• 0.20 dB @ 1 GHz
• 0.45 dB @ 2 GHz
• 0.60 dB @ 2 GHz
• 0.80 dB @ 6 GHz
Return Loss
• 16 dB @ 1 GHz
• 13 dB @ 2 GHz
• 10 dB @ 2 GHz
• 17 dB @ 6 GHz
Power Handling
• +40 dBm CW
• +40 dBm CW
• +47 dBm Pulsed
• +47 dBm Pulsed
Linearity (IIP3) +64 dBm
+70 dBm Response-and-Recovery time <1ns
<1ns ESD Rating 8 KV
HBM 8 KV HBM
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ABOUT PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR
Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI), founder of RF SOI
(silicon on insulator), is a leading fabless provider of
high-performance, integrated RF solutions. Since 1988 Peregrine and
its founding team have been perfecting UltraCMOS® technology – a
patented, advanced form of SOI – to deliver the performance edge
needed to solve the RF market’s biggest challenges, such as
linearity. With products that deliver best-in-class performance and
monolithic integration, Peregrine is the trusted choice for market
leaders in automotive, broadband, industrial, Internet of Things,
military, mobile devices, smartphones, space, test-and-measurement
equipment and wireless infrastructure. Peregrine holds more than
180 filed and pending patents and has shipped more than 2 billion
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