OnMicro, an innovator in RF semiconductors unveiled a new family of RF switches and power amplifiers to meet the demand of the fast-growing IoT market. IoT devices utilize diverse connectivity methods, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee, GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, LTE, and 5GNR. OnMicro’s newly expanded RF and SoC product portfolio and design expertise is the perfect solution for design houses and OEMs to overcome their IoT challenges, accelerate their design cycle and shorten the time to market.
OnMicro’s IoT product portfolio includes seven new RF switches and power amplifiers:
OM8751-D: The OM8751-D is an SP2T switch with a GPIO interface. It provides 30 dB isolation and has a very low insertion loss of 0.35 dB at 3 GHz and 0.65 dB at 7.2 GHz. The switching time is approximately 0.5 us and supports fast TDD applications such as WiFi and Bluetooth. The RF switch can handle up to 32.5 dBm of input power and is available in a 6-pin LGA package that measures 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.4 mm.
OM8741-21: The OM8741-21 is an SP4T switch with a GPIO interface. It provides 19 dB isolation and has a very low insertion loss of 0.35 dB at 1 GHz and 0.65 dB at 2.7G Hz. The switching time is approximately 0.5 us and supports fast TDD applications such as WiFi and Bluetooth. It can handle up to 34 dBm of input power and requires 2.8 V of DC supply. This switch is available in a 9-pin LGA package that measures 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.4 mm.
OM8741M: The OM8741M is an SP4T Tx switch with a MIPI interface. It provides isolation of 30 dB at 2.7 GHz and 20 dB at 6 GHz and has a very low insertion loss of 0.35 dB at 2.7 GHz and 0.65 dB at 6 GHz. The switching time is approximately 1 us and supports fast 5G SRS applications. It can handle up to 39 dBm of input power and is available in a 9-pin LGA package that measures 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.4 mm.
OM8792F: The OM8792F is a DPDT Tx switch with a GPIO interface. It provides isolation of 25 dB at 2.7 GHz and 18 dB at 6 GHz and has a very low insertion loss of 0.35 dB at 2.7 GHz and 0.6 dB at 6 GHz. The switching time is about 0.7 us and supports fast 5G SRS applications. It can handle up to 39 dBm of input power and is available in a 10-pin LGA package that measures 1.1 x 1.5 x 0.4 mm.
HS8018-31: The HS8018-31 is a Front End Module that is optimized for LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) IoT applications. It operates from 663 MHz to 915 MHz and 1690 MHz to 1980 MHz bands. The FEM is designed with internal harmonic filters to meet system requirements without the need for external filtering. It consists of a power amplifier that has 4 TRX ports to route Rx signals directly to the baseband transceiver. The power amplifier provides 23.5 dBm of linear output power and requires a DC supply of 1.8 V. It is available in a 24-pin LGA package that measures 5.0 x 4.0 x 0.9 mm.
HS8443-61: The HS8443-61 is a Multi-mode Multi-band Power Amplifier that operates from 663-915 MHz, 1710-2025 MHz, and 2300-2690 MHz. The power amplifier is optimized for 4G LTE applications and is compatible with NB-IoT, 3G WCDMA, CDMA2000, LTE Cat-1, and Cat-4 standards. It provides 29 dBm of linear output power and requires a DC supply of 3.4 V. The power amplifier is available in a 42-pin LGA package that measures 4.0 x 6.8 x 0.75 mm.
OM9902: The OM9902 is a Multi-mode Multi-band Power Amplifier that operates from 663-915 MHz, 1710-2025 MHz, and 2300-2690 MHz. The power amplifier is optimized for 5GNR and backward compatible with NB-IoT, 3G WCDMA, CDMA2000, 4G LTE, LTE Cat-1, and Cat-4 standards. It is ideal for mobile and fixed wireless devices. The amplifier offers linearity and excellent PAE performance over most sub-3 GHz 5GNR bands such as N1/N2/N3/N4/N5/N7/N8/N20 /N25/N28 /N30/N38/N40/N41/N66/N71. It provides 31 dBm of linear output power and requires a DC supply of 4.6 V. The power amplifier is available in a 42-pin LGA package that measures 4.0 x 6.8 x 0.75 mm.
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