Mitsubishi samples GaN PA for 5G massive MIMO
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will begin shipping samples of a new 16W-average-power GaN power amplifier module (PAM) for 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO) base stations on March 25.
The PAM uses the company's GaN HEMT and circuit design technology to achieve low distortion characteristics and high power-added efficiency of 41 percent in a wide frequency range of 3.6-4.0GHz (400MHz band) to reduce power consumption in 5G mMIMO base stations.
As 5G networks expand from urban centres to regional areas, mMIMO base stations, especially 32T32R mMIMO base stations, are expected to be increasingly deployed.
Mitsubishi says its 16W GaN PAM is particularly well suited for 32T32R mMIMO base stations because it reduces both production costs and power consumption.
The product can be widely deployed in North America and East and Southeast Asia.
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