5G Technology World

Both radio frequency (RF) and optical energy are governed by Maxwell’s equations, but they often have little else in common.

Stackpole Electronics has introduced the RNCQ Series high-frequency thin film chip resistor for RF and microwave circuits operating at frequencies up to 50GHz. Built with thin film technology on a high-purity substrate, the resistor is intended to provide stable performance in applications such as RF and microwave communications, 5G systems, satellite communications and precision test equipment.

Qorvo® has introduced a portfolio of SOI RF switches and 6-bit digital step attenuators for defense, aerospace and infrastructure systems, including devices that support frequencies up to 8 GHz, 15 GHz and 30 GHz with switching speeds below 50 ns.

Q Tech Corporation has announced the QT25HF Lamb Wave Oscillator and QT25VHF Voltage Controlled Lamb Wave Oscillator for RF applications from 400MHz to 1.3GHz, with phase noise down to -168 dBc/Hz and calculated integrated RMS jitter of 8.08 femtoseconds at 500 MHz. Designed for aerospace, defense and industrial systems, the devices provide frequency stability of up to ±50ppm over -55°C to +125°C and as tight as ±20ppm over −20°C to +70°C, giving engineers a compact drop-in option with...

Phlux Technology has announced beta sample availability of the Apex 200 µm receiver module, PX02200-TO, an integrated TO-8, 12-pin APD receiver for ultra-low-light detection across 900 to 1700 nm and optimized for 1550 nm applications.

Samtec, Inc. has released the ARJ6 high-density panel-mount cable assembly for cable-to-cable interconnects supporting PCI® 6.0/CXL® 3.2 and 100 GbE, with 112 Gbps PAM4 performance per channel. Used with the ARP6 Series, it enables front-panel, mid-plane or backplane cable-to-cable links without routing signals through a PCB, which helps improve impedance control, signal integrity and density.

Mouser Electronics has launched a resource hub focused on LoRa and LoRaWAN technology as low-power, wide-area IoT networks see broader adoption. The hub targets engineers working on network infrastructure, industrial automation, and smart-sensing applications. LoRaWAN extends wireless coverage while reducing power consumption and infrastructure costs, making it suited to deployments where conventional wireless options are impractical or costly to maintain.

RFMW showcased pSemi products at IMS2026 built on the UltraCMOS+™ technology platform, including the PE42544 SP4T RF switch and PE42429 SPDT RF switch. Both devices operate from 9 kHz to 8.5 GHz and are designed to provide high isolation, low insertion loss, high linearity and fast switching for wireless infrastructure, test and measurement and automated test equipment.

Epson Microdevices has introduced the OG7050CAN, a low-power oven-controlled crystal oscillator for AI, edge and next-generation communication infrastructure that delivers parts-per-billion frequency stability, low phase noise and holdover performance in a package that is 85% smaller by cubic volume and uses 56% less power than earlier Epson OCXOs. Designed for next-generation switches, SmartNICs, synchronized communications networks, wireless base stations, data-center infrastructure and...

Microchip Technology has announced the DSA504RT, a radiation-tolerant six-output programmable clock generator for aerospace and defense systems that require stable timing when GNSS signals are weak or unavailable. The device integrates an analog PLL with spread spectrum capability, two fractional dividers, two integer dividers and six configurable output buffers, delivering jitter as low as 200 fs from 12 kHz to 20 MHz and supporting output formats including LVPECL, LVDS, HCSL and CMOS.