News: Microelectronics
14 March 2024
MACOM showcasing latest products at SATELLITE 2024
MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which designs and makes RF, microwave, analog and mixed-signal and optical semiconductor technologies) is showcasing its latest products for space and hi-reliability applications in booth #1427 at the SATELLITE 2024 event in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, USA (19–21 March).
The portfolio includes a broad array of radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter-wave and optical products to support satellite communications links and ground-station infrastructure. These products include linearizer modules for solid state amplifiers (SSPAs) and traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTs), analog and photonics components for free-space optics (FSO), gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and various small-signal components and integrated hybrid assemblies for satellite payload and ground-station electronics.
Satellite 2024 demonstrations and new products announcements include:
- V-band linearized GaN MMIC solutions: By combining proprietary analog linearization modules and GaN MMIC process technologies, MACOM can achieve higher linear output power and higher linear efficiency in SatCom transmitters. Linearization of SSPAs or TWTs enables systems to transmit higher levels of linear power, which improves link budget performance.
- SatCom RF and microwave components: MACOM is expanding its single- and multi-function RF components to support Ku- and Ka-band SatCom applications. The portfolio includes gallium arsenide (GaAs) and GaN power amplifiers, gain blocks, and low-noise amplifiers (LNA), along with GaAs, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and diode-based switches, mixers, attenuators and phase shifters.
- Free-space optics: MACOM is exhibiting a wide range of components and capabilities for FSO systems, including lasers, laser drivers, various photodiodes, and transimpedance amplifiers (TIA). In addition, MACOM is presenting examples of various RF-over-fiber analog photonic subsystems used in high-performance SatCom applications.
