Guerrilla RF, Inc. has announced it is now sampling the GRF2115, an ultra-wideband, high linearity gain block amplifier that delivers an exceptionally flat gain response over a single 50 MHz to 11 GHz broadband tune.
“The GRF2115 exemplifies our ongoing commitment to enhancing the performance of our industry-leading gain block amplifiers," says Jim Ahne, Vice President of Marketing at Guerrilla RF. "This latest innovation builds on the success of the GRF2013, our most popular amplifier with over 15 million units sold to date. With the GRF2115, our design team extended the core’s performance beyond its previous 8 GHz limit, offering flatter gain, higher compression, and superior linearity through 11 GHz – all critical parameters for applications in test and measurement, satcom, aeronautical telemetry, radar, ISM, WiFi 6E, and 5G."
When operated at its midpoint of 5 GHz, the device delivers 17 dB of gain, 21.8 dBm of OP1dB compression, 35.3 dBm of OIP3 linearity, and a low noise figure of 1.8 dB (as measured on the device’s standard evaluation board; de-embedded NF values are approximate 0.2 dB lower). As with most of GRF’s amplifier cores, the GRF2115 touts a flexible biasing architecture allowing for customizable tradeoffs in linearity and power consumption. Supply voltages can vary between 3 and 6 V, although most customers will elect to use a standard 5 V supply with 130 mA of biasing current.
The GRF2115 utilizes Guerilla RF’s popular 2 x 2 mm DFN-8 package – following an industry-standard in both pinout and footprint.
Pricing and Availability
Samples and evaluation boards are available for the GRF2115. Prices start at $1.76 (10,000-up, EXW USA).
