M/A-COM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW GOLD LDMOS TRANSISTORSFOR L-BAND RADAR AND AVIONICS APPLICATIO

M/A-COM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW GOLD LDMOS TRANSISTORSFOR L-BAND RADAR AND AVIONICS APPLICATIONS

New Products Available for Engineering Sampling

Boston, Massachusetts—June 9, 2009—M/A-COM Technology Solutions, Inc. (M/A-COM Tech), a leading provider of innovative microwave and RF design solutions, is introducing three new lateral diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) devices for L-Band radar and one new LDMOS device for avionics applications. The announcement was made at the 2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory & Techniques Symposium (MTT-S) underway in Boston, MA, June 8 to 12. These new products are an extension of M/A-COM Tech’s legendary line of bipolar L-Band radar transistors.

“M/A-COM Tech’s gold-process LDMOS devices are backed with our field-proven heritage of transistors made with gold metallization wafer fabrication technology,” says Gary Lopes, Director and General Manager of M/A-COM Tech’s Power Hybrids Operation in Torrance, California.

The first two devices are optimized for the 1030 MHz to 1090 MHz radar segment of the band, each capable of short pulse (32 micro-seconds with two percent duty cycle), in 100 W and 200 W versions. The part numbers are MAPL-001090-100BF0 (100 W) and MAPL-001090-200BF0 (200 W).

The third device is optimized for 1200 MHz to 1400 MHz, features medium-duty cycle operation (150 micro-seconds with 10 percent duty cycle) and is rated at 100 W. The part number is MAPL-001214-100MF0.

Device number four is a 75 W device, optimized to 978 MHz for avionics applications such as Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) surveillance link applications used in Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) systems operating at 960 MHz to 1215 MHz. The part number is MAPL-000978-0075LF.

All four of these new LDMOS products are common-source, Class AB devices housed in high performance, hermetically sealed ceramic packages to ensure the highest reliability.

“These high power final amplifier components will be followed shortly by a series of compatible driver devices for a complete line-up using our gold process platform,” Lopes added.

Part Number

Freq. MHz

Power

Pulse & Duty

MAPL-000978-0075LF

978

75W

400uS, 1%

MAPL-001090-100BF0

1030-1090

100W

32uS, 2%

MAPL-001090-200BF0

1030-1090

200W

32uS, 2%

MAPL-001214-100MF0

1200-1400

100W

150uS, 10%

AVAILABILITY

The four new LDMOS devices are available for engineering sampling. Production is slated for late summer, 2009. Contact M/A-COM Tech’s domestic and international sales channels for the latest updated information. Or visit www.macomtech.com

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