Mouser Electronics has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with Guerrilla RF. The Guerrilla is a start-up company headquartered in Greensboro, NC, provides high performance Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) for the wireless infrastructure market. They were incorporated in 2013 and are dedicated to the development of high performance MMICs to allow the wireless infrastructure equipment manufacturers to provide greater area coverage and higher data rates. They have a patent pending Guerrilla Armor™ technology and develop solutions across Enterprise & Carrier-Class Wi-Fi Access Points, Small Cells, wireless backhaul and defense applications.
Their product line comprises of four series of low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). The GRF205x series ultra-LNAs boast exceptional noise figure, gain, and linearity, and supports a wide range of high-performance LNA applications. Its flexible application circuits result in simple, low-cost implementations that allow for optimal efficiency and reuse.
The GRF2501 high-gain ultra-LNA is designed for IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/p applications in the 5 GHz band (4.9 GHz to 6.0 GHz). This device exhibits exceptional de-embedded noise figures (NFs) as low as 0.80 dB across the band, along with excellent gain and high linearity. It uses a single supply voltage of from 2.7 to 5.0 volts, with a typical bias condition of 3.3 V and 12 mA. This device is a broadband ultra-low noise linear amplifier designed for demanding 802.11ac and wireless backhaul LNA and power amplifier (PA) driver applications. It exhibits outstanding broadband NF, linearity, and return losses over 4.0 to 6.0 GHz with a single match. This amplifier operates from a single positive supply of 1.8 V to 5.0 V with a selectable IDDQ range of 20 to 70 mA for optimal efficiency and linearity. It is internally matched to 50 Ohms at the input and output ports, requiring only seven external resistor, inductor, and capacitor (RLC) components.
The GRF400x series of broadband low-noise gain blocks are designed for small-cell, wireless infrastructures. These devices exhibit outstanding radio frequency (RF) performance over multiple GHz bandwidths with little or no external RF matching, delivering excellent NF and linearity over supply voltages ranging from 1.8 to 5.0 volts. Bias currents can be set independently from Vdd, allowing a linear solution with optimal efficiency. These amplifiers are suitable for applications requiring first- or second-stage LNA, or can be used as linear transmit drivers. The GRF4042 is a high-performance amplifier that offers bypass functionality and incorporates Guerrilla Armor technology, which provides high off-state isolation even in the presence of high-RF input powers. This isolation is especially useful in TDD systems in which significant transmitter RF power can leak into the transceiver receive path.
The GRF50x0 Power LNA series consists of high-power, low-noise devices that, with simple matching, can be tuned to cover 100 MHz up to 6.0 GHz (100 MHz to 3.8 GHz for the GRF5040) with fractional bandwidths greater than 20 percent. Devices in this series are ideal for multistage LNA applications, microwave backhaul, and distributed antenna systems.
