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Mitsubishi Electric's Ku-band GaAs HEMT is oh so quiet
The gallium arsenide device simplifies production and improves performance of direct broadband satellite receiver modules
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is launching a GaAs high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT), the MGF4937AM, as a low-noise amplifier for receiver modules in direct broadband satellites (DBS) and very small aperture terminals (VSAT).
MGF4937AM
Offering what the company says is the world’s lowest noise-figure performance among fully molded package products, Mitsubishi Electric’s new GaAs HEMT will simplify the manufacture and improve the performance of receiver module systems. Shipments will begin on December 20th at an initial production volume of four million units per month.
The market for wireless communication systems created with satellites is growing rapidly, mainly in developing countries because they can be deployed at lower costs than wired systems created with optical fibre networks.
As such, demands are increasing for DBS and VSAT receiver modules that offer both improved noise performance and simplified manufacturing. Conventionally, hollow-type package transistors are generally used in first-stage low-noise amplifiers (LNA) due to their strong noise performance, but this complicates assembly.
Mitsubishi Electric’s MGF4937AM GaAs HEMT, however, improves the transistor structure and optimises packaging while achieving noise performance that is unsurpassed for a fully molded package and almost the equal of hollow-type packages.
Product Features
1) Lowest noise performance among fully molded package products
Minimum noise figure (NF) of 0.37dB, which is 0.08dB less than conventional fully molded package products, contributing to higher performance in receiver modules
2) Standard 4pin fully molded package
Simple structure as a standard 4-pin fully molded package
By replacing hollow-type package transistors, simplifies the customer’s production line for greater efficiency.
Other Features
Recommended bias conditions: VDS=2V, ID=10mA
Minimum noise figure (NF): 0.37dB (f=12GHz, typical)
Associated gain (Gs): 13.0dB (f=12GHz, typical)
Environmental awareness
MGF4937AM GaAs HEMT is compliant with the European Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous
Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Mitsubishi Electric will exhibit the MGF4937AM GaAs HEMT at 2013 Microwave Workshops & Exhibition (MWE 2013) in PACIFICO YOKOHAMA, Japan from November 27th to 29th.
MGF4937AM
Offering what the company says is the world’s lowest noise-figure performance among fully molded package products, Mitsubishi Electric’s new GaAs HEMT will simplify the manufacture and improve the performance of receiver module systems. Shipments will begin on December 20th at an initial production volume of four million units per month.
The market for wireless communication systems created with satellites is growing rapidly, mainly in developing countries because they can be deployed at lower costs than wired systems created with optical fibre networks.
As such, demands are increasing for DBS and VSAT receiver modules that offer both improved noise performance and simplified manufacturing. Conventionally, hollow-type package transistors are generally used in first-stage low-noise amplifiers (LNA) due to their strong noise performance, but this complicates assembly.
Mitsubishi Electric’s MGF4937AM GaAs HEMT, however, improves the transistor structure and optimises packaging while achieving noise performance that is unsurpassed for a fully molded package and almost the equal of hollow-type packages.
Product Features
1) Lowest noise performance among fully molded package products
Minimum noise figure (NF) of 0.37dB, which is 0.08dB less than conventional fully molded package products, contributing to higher performance in receiver modules
2) Standard 4pin fully molded package
Simple structure as a standard 4-pin fully molded package
By replacing hollow-type package transistors, simplifies the customer’s production line for greater efficiency.
Other Features
Recommended bias conditions: VDS=2V, ID=10mA
Minimum noise figure (NF): 0.37dB (f=12GHz, typical)
Associated gain (Gs): 13.0dB (f=12GHz, typical)
Environmental awareness
MGF4937AM GaAs HEMT is compliant with the European Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous
Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Mitsubishi Electric will exhibit the MGF4937AM GaAs HEMT at 2013 Microwave Workshops & Exhibition (MWE 2013) in PACIFICO YOKOHAMA, Japan from November 27th to 29th.
