Qorvo is a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications. Qorvo was formed following the merger of RFMD and TriQuint, and has nearly 7,000 global employees dedicated to delivering solutions for everything that connects the world. Qorvo has the industry's broadest portfolio of products and core technologies, semiconductor processing expertise and systems-level knowledge to solve the most difficult technical RF challenges, to connect and protect the world all around you. To learn more, visit www.qorvo.com.
Defense and Aerospace Solutions
For over 30 years, Qorvo has enabled innovation for next-generation defense and aerospace communications systems. Qorvo products and technologies are at the core of many of the world's most advanced radar, space and electronic warfare (EW) systems. Innovations such as GaAs, GaN, SAW, BAW as well as integrated assembly, custom die-level packaging and expert engineering, help Qorvo to meet the world's mission-critical needs. In partnership with the US Department of Defense, DARPA and Research Laboratories and Qorvo's own R&D, we have engineered significant advantages in size, weight and power (SWaP) for our customers. Learn more, visit, DoD Category 1A 'Trusted Source'
GaN Innovation Solutions
Qorvo offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of GaN solutions supporting power and low noise amplifiers, switches and a large selection of power transistors. Qorvo is DoD accredited as a Microelectronics Trusted Source and is the only GaN manufacturer to achieve a Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 9 demonstrating that its processes meet performance, cost and capacity goals to support full rate production.
Qorvo’s has shipped more than 1.8 million GaN devices since 2008 and demonstrated industry-leading reliability with a MTTF of greater than 70 million hours at 200°C. GaN RF solutions from Qorvo are enabling next-generation field technology by offering smaller, more efficient devices that can withstand the elements and continue operating reliably for military and commercial customers alike. To find how Qorvo’s GaN solutions are leading the industry in performance and reliability, visit www.qorvo.com/GaN
Brochure: Field-Proven GaN Solutions From Qorvo
This paper addresses Qorvo’s integrated approach to thermal design that leverages modeling, empirical measurements (including micro-Raman thermography), and finite element analysis (FEA) for high performance microwave GaN HEMT devices and MMICs. This methodology is highly effective and has been empirically validated. By properly addressing FEA boundary condition assumptions and the limitations of infrared microscopy, resulting model calculations are more accurate at both the product and end application level than traditional methods based on lower power density technology.
Qorvo has offered a broad range of innovative gallium nitride (GaN) products and technologies over the past 15 years. Their high-performance GaN technology supports products operating from the DC through Ka-band.
The TGA2958-SM is a GaN PA/driver amplifier operating in the Ku-band, providing 2W of saturated output power, and has greater than 21 dB of large signal gain. These amplifiers are designed and manufactured on TriQuint’s GaN on SiC production process that provides superior performance while maintaining high reliability.
The TGA2227-SM is a highly robust GaN Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) covering the 2-22 GHz frequency range, and delivers >15 dB small signal gain and >+22 dBm P1dB while supporting 2 dB mid-band Noise Figure. This LNA offers a high overall electrical performance, and a high level of input power robustness for more design flexibility in the receive chain circuit protection.
The TGL2927-SM is a high-power, GaN receiver protection circuit (limiter) covering the 2-4 GHz frequency range, is capable of withstanding up to 200W incident power levels, and allows less than 18 dBm flat leakage to pass through. This limiter doesn’t require bias, and contributes less than 0.6 dB in insertion loss.
Qorvo offers a new high-power receive protection circuit, or limiter, that is capable of withstanding up to 100 W incident power levels. This limiter operates in the 0.05 to 6 GHz frequency range, and permits less than 17 dBm flat leakage to pass through while contributing less than 0.7 dB in insertion loss.
The TGC4603-SM is a device comprised of a frequency doubler and a multi-stage amplifier designed for operation in the 13.5 – 16 GHz frequency range. This instrument is able to achieve more than 1 Watt of output power at only 3 dBm input power due to more than 70 dBc isolation between the input and doubled output frequency.
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The population of adults 85 and older in the U.S. will roughly triple between 2015 and 2060, making it the fastest-growing age group over this time period. This has become a major concern for families taking care of seniors who will be living on their own. Qorvo’s Senior Lifestyle System has been tested and used for the last 15 years in assisted living communities in Europe to help seniors live more independently. Within a few weeks, this system learns the routine day-to-day activities of the senior resident, provides intelligent status updates in a dashboard app, and sends alerts to designated caregivers if something unexpected happens.
By monitoring behavior patterns through unobtrusive wireless sensors located around the home, the system is able to detect changes in behavior that may cause concern, and then alerts family members or caregivers via messages.
Advancements in Gallium Nitride technologies are leading to amplifier operation at higher powers, supply voltages, and frequencies. The whitepaper includes load-pull measurements, thermal considerations, and EM simulations of the input/output matching networks.
The smart home revolution has taken a lot longer to get up and running due to the disagreements over what protocols and platforms should be used in the base technologies, as well as the poor choices in consumer words like “smart home” and “IoT.”
Solid state amplifiers can be constructed through the use of MMIC amplifiers to reach output powers and performance levels that have only been achievable by traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs). This white paper demonstrates building a 120 Watt power amplifier operating from 27 to 31 GHz.
Carrier aggregation (CA) enables mobile network operators worldwide to provide faster data, and allows mobile devices to communicate on multiple LTE bands simultaneously. This, however, creates the challenge of avoiding interference between the bands while keeping up good reception and battery life. Multiplexers are an excellent solution for CA combinations that use closely spaced bands since they provide isolation between and within bands, while allowing them to connect to the antenna at the same time. This white paper discusses the challenges of carrier aggregation, and the important benefits of using multiplexer solutions to solve them.
As LTE deployments accelerate worldwide, Qorvo designs LowDrift filters specifically for solving LTE coexistence issues. For example, the 2400-2482MHz spectrum used by Wi-Fi lies between bands 40 and 41, which are used to deliver TDD-LTE service in China.
The current Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac, works very well in a home environment. However, as with previous Wi-Fi standards, it may reach its limits around 2022 when there could be up to 50 nodes in a home. The 802.11ax network is the next evolution in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard and will become prevalent in very dense environments, such as urban apartment complexes, college campuses, concert venues, or sports stadiums, where many clients will access the internet over Wi-Fi. This article presents five key aspects of the new 802.11ax network and the next generation of Wi-Fi.
Qorvo has offered a broad range of innovative gallium nitride (GaN) products and technologies over the past 15 years. Their high-performance GaN technology supports products operating from the DC through Ka-band.
The design complexity and number of bands in small cell base stations are increasing at a rapid rate. This article is the second part in a two-part series on the topic of small cell base stations. It discusses Qorvo’s insights on the top trends and how to overcome the challenges of designing small cells.
This article is the first part in a two-part series on the topic of small cell base stations. Part 1 covers the basics of small cells and how they fit into the evolution of 4G and 5G.
RF engineers are continually challenged when designing RF front-ends for mobile devices. Not only do they have to deal with balancing multiple frequency bands, fewer SKUs, and difficult coexistence requirements, another LTE power standard has emerged to further complicate the RF front-end design for mobile handsets.Qorvo’s blog article offers advice on meeting the new Power Class 2 standard.
Qorvo’s offers patented Spatium RF power combining technology to provide a highly reliable, efficient alternative to traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for commercial and defense communications, radar, electronic warfare (EW), and other defense systems.
The average number of frequency bands in mobile devices has more than doubled in the last few years. Qorvo is leveraging its filter technologies, such as NoDrift and LowDrift BAW and SAW, to create filters, duplexers, and multiplexers to tackle the challenges of 4G and 5G mobile devices.
Today’s smartphone market has expanded into several categories with differing design goals and priorities, which require different approaches to RF front end (RFFE) integration. Modern packaging techniques make it possible to combine multiple RFFE components into integrated modules which help smartphone manufacturers accelerate the design and manufacture of new handsets. However, since there are two key smartphone categories – flagship phones and mid-tier and entry-level handsets – it raises the question of what would be the right level of RFFE integration and the best integration approach for each one?
How do operators avoid interference between bands while minimizing insertion loss? Multiplexers. They are designed to integrate the required filters for multiple aggregate bands, provide isolation within and between the bands, and allow them to simultaneously connect to the antenna.
This white paper discusses three key filtering challenges addressed by BAW filter technology: 802.11p in the DSRC band, LTE-Wi-Fi coexistence, and satellite radio. It also examines reliability and temperature stability considerations specific to automotive use.
In addition to being “greener,", 5G has goals of 1 ms latency, 100 x network energy efficiency, 20 Gbps peak data rates, and 10 Mps/m2 area traffic capabilities. This article discusses how RF Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology can be used for emerging 5G technologies.
The name “Internet of Things” (IoT) can be misleading in that it does not actually refer to a specific group of things. It really isn’t a new concept either, rather a maturing technology that is making its way into the mainstream eye. Just like every other universally connected device, it operates over our regular internet with familiar applications in wearables and the smart home. So what is the real value of IoT? This white paper provides information on what the IoT has to offer now and in the future, and what defines its true value.
Comcast released the results of a survey from earlier this year providing valuable insights into why consumers are interested in smart home services, what features are most desired, and how they plan to use smart home technologies. The biggest find of the survey is that consumers are more interested in a smart home as a service (SHaaS) over connected devices that remotely control devices in the home. This application note discusses SHaaS, its components, and how it works.
