Qorvo boosts DOCSIS 3.1 performance
Qorvo has announced a power doubler amplifier, offering what it claim is the lowest power consumption and highest output capability for cable TV (CATV) DOCSIS 3.1 systems.
The RFPD3580 hybrid power doubler amplifier module features GaN on SiC and GaAs process technologies. According to the company, it provides high output capability for 45MHz-1.218GHz CATV amplifier systems, excellent linearity and superior return loss performance with robust reliability. Power consumption is 18W.
"DOCSIS 3.1 increases bandwidth to 1.218GHz, supports higher data rates and more digital content. A new DOCSIS 3.1 Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) architecture, Fibre Deep (Node+0) is designed to reduce the number of power amplifiers, but puts higher performance demands on the power doubler amplifier," said Kellie Chong, director of CATV and Broadband Access products at Qorvo. "The high performance RFPD3580 power doubler is designed to meet output requirements for this new architecture at the lowest power consumption."
Qorvo will be exhibiting its products for DOCSIS 3.1 at the SCTE 2015 Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans, from October 14th to 16th.
