Brent’s Musings: Beamforming, SATCOM and the Curious Case of Captain Spork

Brent’s Musings: Beamforming, SATCOM and the Curious Case of Captain Spork

Brent’s Musings: Beamforming, SATCOM and the Curious Case of Captain Spork If there’s one thing the SATCOM world has taught us lately, it’s that the sky is getting crowded. Not with clouds or birds or even UFOs (pending government confirmation), but with LEO satellites—thousands of fast-moving nodes zipping overhead, all eager to help you stream movies...
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Qorvo QPP0025 Balun 5Mhz - 1.218Ghz (1: 1Ratio)

Qorvo QPP0025 Balun 5Mhz – 1.218Ghz (1: 1Ratio)

Qorvo QPP0025 Balun 5Mhz - 1.218Ghz (1: 1Ratio) Key Features 5-1218MHz operation Low insertion loss 75 Ω characteristic impedance Compatible with 260°C lead-free soldering & RoHS compliant Designed to optimize the QPC7333, QPC7334, QPC7335, QPC7336, QPC7339 and QPC7331 Variable Equalizers. The QPP0025 Balun is designed for applications that require small, low-cost, and high reliable surface...
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Advancing Wideband RF Power: Next-Generation GaN-on-SiC SSPAs Optimize SWaP-C and Mission Reliability

Advancing Wideband RF Power: Next-Generation GaN-on-SiC SSPAs Optimize SWaP-C and Mission Reliability

Advancing Wideband RF Power: Next-Generation GaN-on-SiC SSPAs Optimize SWaP-C and Mission Reliability Across defense and aerospace programs, the expectations placed on RF power systems continue to intensify. Radar, SATCOM, electronic warfare (EW) and high-duty test environments demand various combinations of higher output power, wider bandwidth, improved linearity and increased operational reliability—often within shrinking size, weight...
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AWMF-0247 Beamforming IC by Qorvo

AWMF-0247 Beamforming IC by Qorvo

AWMF-0247 Beamforming IC by Qorvo The AWMF-0247 from Qorvo is a Ku-band TX/Rx Beamformer IC that operates from 13.75 to 14.50 GHz (Tx) & 10.7 to 12.75 GHz (Rx). It adds TDD half-duplex capability to Qorvo's beamformer IC portfolio, enabling both transmit and receive in a single device. This capability allows flat-panel SATCOM terminals to use a...
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QM33120WDK2 Development Kit from Qorvo

QM33120WDK2 Development Kit from Qorvo

QM33120WDK2 Development Kit from Qorvo The Qorvo® QM33120WDK2 is a development kit for the low power, low cost QM33110W and QM33120W UWB transceivers. This kit can be used to evaluate the UWB technology in various infrastructure topologies, using TWR, TDoA or AoA. An RTLS system can be evaluated quickly in the following modes: DL-TDoA (Downlink...
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