Avago Technologies has introduced two new power amplifier (PA) product families designed for next generation cellular and WiMAX applications. The MGA-30116/30216/30316 family is a 0.5 Watt base station PAs and the ALM-42316 is a low voltage PA for mobile handset and fixed terminals. The new PAs support cellular (GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, CDMA2000 and TD-SCDMA) and WiMAX frequencies. Offering high linearity performances, the new ultra small WiMAX PAs are fully matched to simplify product design and speed the time to market.

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More specifically, the ALM-42316 delivers 23 dBm linear output power (2.5% EVM at 64 QAM OFDM) and a high gain of 30 dB when operated at 3.3 V and 400 mA. With built-in detector, bypass switch and shutdown function, the ALM-42316 is designed for (802.16e) mobile terminals operating in the 3.3-3.8 GHz frequency band and is housed in a 5 x 5 x 1.1mm molded chip-on-board (MCOB) package. However, ALM-42216, which is a follow up product with similar performance in 2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX frequency band, will be released by the end of April, according to Avago.

The 0.5 Watt MGA-30x16 family of PAs provides very high linearity and exceptional power added efficiency (PAE) at 1 dB gain compression point. It enables a common footprint and PCB layout for base station applications ranging from 750 MHz to 3.9 GHz. The MGA-30x16 family of PAs is housed in a miniature 3 x 3 x 0.85 mm 16-pin quad-flat-non-lead (QFN) package which allows for the design of highly compact next-generation base station equipment, such as pico or femtocell base station receivers, said the supplier.

In 1,000 to 9,999 quantities, pricing for MGA-30116, -30216 and -30316 begins at $2.81, whereas pricing for the ALM-42316 begins at $3.13.

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