RF Components

Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced plans to showcase a complete RF front-end solution for 5G Active Antenna Systems (AAS) radios in collaboration with AMD. Paired with the field-proven AMD Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC Digital Front End OpenRAN Radio (O-RU) reference design, the RF front-end includes RF switches, low-noise amplifiers, and pre-drivers.

NeoCortec unveiled its new P Series of NeoMesh wireless modules at Electronica in Munich last November. Featuring an RF/IoT antenna connection located beneath the module on solder pads for quick and easy soldering to any PCB, the P Series modules enable a more efficient antenna design, as well as a more compact sensor or actuator design, meeting the demands of customers who wish to integrate NeoCortec's NeoMesh modules directly onto their own PCBs with the antenna also integrated.

Mouser distributes the new Sterling-LWB+ modules from Laird Connectivity. These low-power Wi-Fi 4 (802.11b/g/n) and Bluetooth® 5.2 devices are specifically designed for next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) products, such as battery-powered medical devices, industrial IoT sensors, rugged wearables, and other connectivity solutions.

Semtech Corporation announces the addition of multiband capabilities to LoRa Edge™, its geolocation platform connecting devices to the cloud. The new LoRa Edge LR1120 device enables the development of direct satellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) applications for supply chain management and logistics with low-power geolocation on a global scale.

Mouser now has Infineon Technologies' AIROC™ CYW20835 modules available. These fully certified, programmable RF modules are part of Infineon's AIROC Bluetooth® Low Power portfolio and offer exceptional long-range, low-power Bluetooth wireless connectivity while minimizing overall footprint, the need for external components, and cost.

The AI-Thinker ESP-12F WiFi module is based on the popular Expressif ESP8266 IC, which provides 802.11b/g/n WiFi communication in the 2.4GHz band.
The 8266 IC is not just a radio chip; it's a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) that also contains an embedded 160MHz 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), flash memory, and SRAM. This allows you to even use this MCU to run a small application without relying on an additional external MCU.

Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced the development of two 2.4 GHz RF transceiver technologies compatible with the low-power Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) near-field communication standard. The new technologies also achieve a smaller footprint and greater energy efficiency.

NeoCortec is now supplying its ultra-low power sub-GHz wireless mesh modules to the German IoT sensor solutions provider Rocknitive. Due to the distributed measurement points in a building or a ship's engine room, for example, Rocknitive had decided to use a battery-powered, sub-GHz mesh network for better penetration through walls.

RC Microelectrónica, distributor for Spain and Portugal of Golledge Electronics Ltd, has announced that it now has available new RF components (quartz crystals, oscillators, filters...) for all types of markets, including:

- Quartz crystals ideal for industrial applications. These energy-efficient and highly competitively priced crystals are available in 6pF, 7pF, 9pF, and 12.5pF. With a frequency of 32.768 kHz, they are perfect for a wide range of applications. Furthermore, a specific range, the CMXV, is designed to withstand the most extreme environmental conditions.

Mouser distributes the ESP32-S2 MINIdeEspressif Systems Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n modules that contain an external 4MB SPI flash memory and are supplied with a PCB or IPEX antenna.

Powell Electronics is stocking high-quality, connectorized ferrite coaxial insulators and circulators for space and defense applications from DiTom Microwave. The extensive product line includes commercial and high-reliability ferrite insulators and circulators from 400 MHz to 43.5 GHz. Key applications range from telecommunications and test facilities to aerospace and spaceflight military applications.

Panasonic Industry introduces the PAN9028, a dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi radio module with integrated Bluetooth® BR/EDR/Low Energy wireless functionality, based on the NXP Semiconductors 88W8987 wireless chipset.

The Qorvo® QPD0011 high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is based on gallium nitride-on-silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) technology. Suitable for variable input power between 30 and 60 W and drain voltages of +48 V, the QPD0011 delivers power (up to 90 W)

Mouser Electronics, Inc. introduces new products for wireless connectivity applications: a dual-protocol wireless module, a volume acoustic wave filter, and antennas. 

Today's new and emerging wireless applications increasingly require multi-band frequency support. From laptops to mobile phones and wearables, devices are expected to connect to any mobile network, Bluetooth™, GSM, RFID, or other networks. These expectations present challenges in antenna design compared to a traditional design.

Mouser Electronics stocks a wide range of Qorvo® products, including RF power amplifiers, filters, and application controllers, suitable for a variety of mobile, satellite, and cable television (CATV) infrastructure applications. Featured Qorvo products available at Mouser include:

Mouser Electronics, Inc. introduces the new Sterling-LWB5+ modules from Laird Connectivity. These modules provide Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth® 5.1 communications to next-generation IoT devices, including battery-powered medical devices, sensors, industrial IoT devices, rugged wearables, and other connectivity solutions.

Würth Elektronik presents the Elara family of GNSS modules, both with and without integrated antennas. For sophisticated navigation tasks, the Erinome series utilizes the four highest-speed global navigation satellite systems: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou.

IQD introduces new advanced oscillator modules, the disciplined oven-controlled oscillator (OCXO) model IQCM-112. The new design includes an internal GNSS receiver with 1PPS output compatible with signals from external sources such as GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU, and GALILEO.

Siemens presents the Sitrans LR100 series 80 GHz radar transmitters, narrow beam instruments for installations capable of measuring in open tanks or even non-intrusively measuring the level in plastic tanks.