Peregrine Introduces Industryâs Highest Isolation, Carrier-Grade Wi-Fi Switch
24 September 2013 - 11:12PM
Business Wire
New RF switch delivers 50 times more isolation
and 10 times better linearity for 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSMI), a fabless
provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits
(RFICs), today announced the highest performance, carrier-grade
Wi-Fi switch on the market. With the highest isolation by a factor
of 50, Peregrineâs switch also sets a new bar in linearity, which
makes it ideally suited for the fast-growing market of 802.11ac
Wi-Fi access points.
âMobile Expertsâ research shows the number of carrier-grade
Wi-Fi access points deployed has grown 40 percent this year alone,"
said Joe Madden, founder and principal analyst at Mobile Experts.
"With the Wi-Fi market shift to dual-band 802.11ac support, we
predict the market for RF suppliers â such as Peregrine â will
grow even faster at a rate of 50 percent annually through
2016.â
The rising amount of cellular-data offload to Wi-Fi networks is
significantly increasing the complexity of access-point radios.
Most Wi-Fi access points now contain multiple radios in order to
address the capacity demands of cellular data. Based on
Peregrineâs UltraCMOS® technology, the PE42423 is the first in
its class to offer 41 dB of port-to-port isolation at 6 GHz. This
best-in-class isolation enables multi-radio access points to
perform at peak levels without interference between the radios.
Exceeding the stringent 802.11ac standard, Peregrineâs switch
also offers 65 dBm of linearity to achieve higher data rates. In
addition, UltraCMOS technology delivers equally high performance at
either 3.3V or 5V, unlike gallium arsenide (GaAs) switches that
experience severe performance degradation below 5V. Peregrineâs
switch gives networking-product designers the flexibility to
operate at lower power supplies and reduce energy consumption.
âPeregrineâs long-standing leadership in RF switches,
combined with our UltraCMOS technology, has enabled us to develop
the highest performance, carrier-grade Wi-Fi switch on the
market,â said Dave Shepard, vice president of Peregrineâs
high-performance solutions business unit. âPeregrine is committed
to meeting the Wi-Fi data-rate and capacity demands of the future,
and we are already helping networking vendors achieve unprecedented
performance using this switch in their Gigabit Wi-Fi access
points.â
Features, Packaging, Pricing & Availability
Now shipping, Peregrineâs PE42423 is a Single-Pole Double
Throw (SPDT) RF switch featuring low insertion loss (0.8 dB @ 2.4
GHz, 0.95 dB @ 5.8 GHz), fast switching time (500 ns) and high ESD
ratings (3.0 kV HBM on all RF pins). The switch supports +1.8V
standard logic control. It provides stable RF performance over a
power supply range between 2.3V and 5.5V. The packaging is RoHS
compliant, 16-lead QFN and measures 3 x 3 mm. View the PE42423
press kit for images, video and datasheet. Contact Peregrine
directly for evaluation kits, samples, volume-production quantities
and pricing.
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Product Specification
Peregrineâs PE42423
UltraCMOS® SPDT Wi-Fi RF Switch
100 MHz to 6 GHz
Features: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac support Wide power-supply range
between 2.3V and 5.5V +1.8V control logic compatible Exceptional
isolation Â
⢠47 dB @ 2.4 GHz
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⢠43 dB @ 6 GHz
High linearity across supply range
⢠IIP3 of 65 dBm
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⢠IIP2 of 120 dBm
High power handling
⢠38.5 dBm @ 2.4 GHz
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⢠37 dBm @ 6 GHz
Fast switching time of 500 ns ESD performance
⢠3.0kV HBM on RF pins to GND
⢠1.5kV HBM on all pins
⢠1.0kV CDM on all pins
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About Peregrine Semiconductor
Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI) is a fabless provider of
high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). Our
solutions leverage our proprietary UltraCMOS®
technology, an advanced RF Silicon-On-Insulator process. Our
products deliver what we believe is an industry-leading combination
of performance and monolithic integration, and target a broad range
of applications in the aerospace and defense, broadband,
industrial, mobile wireless device, test and measurement equipment,
and wireless infrastructure markets. Additional information is
available at http://www.psemi.com.
The Peregrine Semiconductor name, logo, and UltraCMOS are
registered trademarks of Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation in the
U.S.A., and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein
are the property of their respective owners.
Peregrine Semiconductor CorporationKimberly Stoddard,
415.806.5793pr@psemi.com
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