20 December 2011

GigOptix launches surface-mountable microwave filters 

GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which supplies semiconductor and optical components including modulator and laser drivers and transimpedance amplifier ICs based on III-V materials) has introduced a new line of microwave filters for use in point-to-point wireless backhaul, electronic warfare (EW), radar, test & measurement equipment applications. Available in a number of frequency ranges including 26, 38 and 42GHz (with frequency customization is available), the microwave filters are now in production and shipping to tier-1 telecom suppliers.

Key features include:

• small factor surface-mounted technology (SMT) solution providing superior and consistent performance over traditional larger PCB print implementations;
• lower insertion loss (typically better than 3dB);
• excellent rejection (typically better than 20dB); and
• ability to support either band-pass or band-stop implementations.

“With the increasing pressures on our customers to accelerate time to market and reduce system size, our microwave filters enable customers to not only simplify their microwave system implementations but also reduce size using our small-factor SMT device that provides superior performance at a competitive price,” claims Padraig O’Mathuna, general manager & VP of the RF Microwave product line. “Moreover, our filters can be customized to enable customers to further optimize their system performance if required.”

The microwave filters are available in a 7mm x 7mm QFN package and are designed to be fully compatible with industry-standard SMT processes. Production samples are available now.

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