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Peregrine Semiconductor Introduces 100-Watt RF SOI Power LimiterLONDON, Oct. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- EUROPEAN MICROWAVE WEEK – Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the UltraCMOS® PE45361, a monolithic 100-watt power limiter. The next generation in Peregrine's power limiter product family, the PE45361 builds on the success of the award-winning 50-watt UltraCMOS power limiters and adds higher pulsed power handling, a lower limiting threshold and positive threshold control. UltraCMOS power limiters provide a monolithic alternative to discrete, PIN-diode limiters based on gallium-arsenide (GaAs) technology and protect devices against excessive RF power, intentional jamming and ESD events. The PE45361 delivers reliable and repeatable power protection to sensitive low-noise receivers for test-and-measurement equipment and wireless-infrastructure transceivers. "Peregrine's monolithic power limiters offer our customers a novel and robust approach to excessive RF power protection," says Kinana Hussain, director of marketing at Peregrine Semiconductor. "The introduction of the PE45361 builds upon the key RF performance and bill of materials (BOM) cost advantages of our UltraCMOS limiters, while providing 100W power handling and low limiting threshold to protect sensitive low-noise amplifiers (LNAs)." Compared to PIN diodes, UltraCMOS power limiters provide a 10–100x improvement in response-and-recovery time, deliver 10–40 dB linearity (IIP3) improvement and offer a 20x improvement in ESD protection. In addition, UltraCMOS power limiters are 8x smaller than the board space required by PIN-diode solutions. Finally, the limiting threshold can be adjusted through a low current voltage control pin (VCTRL), eliminating the need for external components such as DC blocking capacitors, RF choke inductors and bias resistors. Like other UltraCMOS power limiters, the PE45361 features two operating modes—power limiting and power reflecting—to maximize performance and flexibility. These modes can be selected through the programmable VCTRL pin. In power-limiting mode, the device is invisible to the load. When the incoming RF signal power exceeds the limiting threshold set through the VCTRL pin, the device limits the input RF power. Power-reflecting mode is used in more extreme conditions, and the device reflects most of the incident power back to the source. Features, Packaging, Price and Availability Samples and evaluation kits are available now. Offered in a compact 12-lead 3 x 3 mm QFN package, the PE45361 is $4.80 each for 10k-quantity orders. Visit Peregrine's newsroom at www.psemi.com/newsroom for a press image.
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