Ampleon has announced the 200W BPC10M6X2S200 LDMOS-based power amplifier module suitable for use in a variety of plasma lighting, industrial heating, medical and RF cooking and defrosting applications. Operating in the 423-443MHz frequency range, this compact light weigh pallet measures just 125x33mm, weighs 85g and can operate in pulsed or continuous wave modes.

  Ampleon has announced the BLP25RFE001, a small signal generator IC providing a programmable frequency synthesiser able to generate a signal in the 433, 915 and 2,400 MHz ISM bands. This device is designed in particular for a variety of RF energy applications such as industrial heating, defrosting and/or cooking and plasma lighting.

  The launch of the 600W BLF0910H9LS600 LDMOS power amplifier transistor has been announced by Ampleon. This is the first RF energy transistor using Ampleon’s latest Gen9HV 50V LDMOS process, a node that has been optimised to deliver greatly increased efficiency, power and gain.

Innovative RF power products and experts in high-power RF design will be on hand to demonstrate the capabilities of the complete Ampleon product line-up at European Microwave Week 2017 in Nuremberg (Oct 8-12). The company will also present technical papers in various sessions.

Ampleon has announced the launch of a series of LDMOS RF power transistors using its Gen9HV 50V LDMOS process. These devices are the first to use Ampleon’s latest 50V process, a node that has been optimised for use in cellular infrastructure applications up to 1GHz and delivers greatly increased efficiency and gain. These devices, enabling more than 57% efficiency and 18 dB power gain, and their 50V operation, make for a significantly ...

Ampleon will be present at the forthcoming International Microwave Symposium, IMS. On booth 914, Ampleon will showcase its latest RF Power devices and modules suitable for use in mobile broadband, broadcast, industrial, radar and avionics, and RF energy applications. Product demonstrations for Mobile Broadband include several power amplifiers for base station, small-cell and massive-MIMO applications using Ampleon’s latest 32 and 50V L...

Ampleon announced the opening of its RF Energy Competence Center in Hefei, PRC. The company is recognised as a leader in the RF Energy market and continues to invest in the emerging use of this technology. While RF energy covers a broad range of applications (Domestic and Professional Cooking, Heating and Drying, Ignition and Lighting), the new competence center’s current focus is on solid state cooking.

Ampleon announced the availability of a complete line-up of RF power transistors and pallets based on the latest Gen 9 LDMOS process technology. Available power levels include 50 W drivers up to 400 W finals. Aimed at a broad range of S band radar for pulsed RF applications, the enhanced power density attributes of Gen 9 meet the specific needs of the aerospace and defense industry for size, weight, power, plus cost and reliability or SWaP &ndash...

Ampleon announced the BLF189XR, the latest member of its renowned family of extremely rugged “XR” LDMOS power transistors designed specifically for use in high power amplifiers operating in the 10 – 500 MHz. Suiting use in a wide variety of broadcast and industrial applications, and capable of operating with a VSWR up to 65:1, the device is rated to deliver 1,700 W CW or 1,900 W pulsed.

Ampleon announced a family of integrated Doherty power amplifier devices aimed at LTE Advanced Pro / 4.5G massive-MIMO base station applications. Capable of being used also as power amplifiers in small cells, these compact and highly efficient devices are much smaller and easier to use than a traditional discrete Doherty amplifier design. They comprise a dual-stage Doherty amplifier with two stages of gain and feature 50 ohm matched inputs and ou...

Ampleon has announced that it will demonstrate a wideband system solution at IMS 2016 that uses Xilinx’s Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) IP with Xilinx All Programmable SoC and MPSoC technology.

Claimed to be the world’s smallest 250W design, Ampleon has announced the availability of a 250W, 2.4-2.5GHz amplifier reference design. The MicroBlaze 250 measures just 80x40x5mm and is suited for use in RF cooking and industrial heating designs where power controllability and a modular design approach are key criteria.

Designed for a variety of civil and military radar applications, two 400W S band power amplifier pallets have been announced by Ampleon. The BLS9G3135P-400 and BLS9G2934P-400 small form factor modules, measuring just 55x35mm, reduce the overall size of the PA sub assembly in addition to reducing the design’s BOM cost.

Ampleon has launched its '24/7 RF' e-book manual. The first edition of the guide is an essential reference book for any engineer working on RF power amplifier designs. Composed of RF Applications, Technologies and RF Product Portfolio sections, the 24/7 RF e-book highlights design concepts and example schematic diagrams for each specific application sector.

Ampleon has announced a wide portfolio of RF Power solutions for medium power and massive-MIMO applications. These applications include LTE pico- and micro-cells as well as multiple-antenna array (LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G) systems. Proposed for all cellular bands from 700MHz to 3.8GHz these solutions are available in a range of forms from dual-stage MMICs to fully integrated multi-stage Doherty PAs matched to 50Ω.

Ampleon has introduced its 2nd gen 50V 0.5µm GaN on SiC RF power transistors, dedicated for mobile broadband applications. Providing a 5% improvement in power efficiency compared to LDMOS-based devices and enabling high-power multiband applications, this GaN family also offers a size reduction in the order of 30 to 50%, when compared to similar LDMOS transistors.

Ampleon has announced the availability of a new package platform that will be rolled out across the entire LDMOS and GaN product portfolio. Over a dozen variants of the SOT502 and SOT539 platforms are in development. The ACP3, a copper flanged air cavity package will initially be available for GEN9 and GEN10 high power RF transistors.

A 1,400W, CW capable, high power extremely rugged transistor has been introduced by Ampleon. Constructed in a thermally optimised air cavity ACP3 copper flanged plastic package, the BLCU188XRS is able to withstand load mismatches up to a VSWR > 65:1. This Gen6 HV 50V LDMOS device has a 30% better thermal resistance compared to a traditional air cavity ceramic packaged transistor and, combined with its high efficiency, requires less string...

Ampleon has announced details of its participation at the forthcoming IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) held in San Francisco 22 – 27th May, 2016. On display at booth 2149 will be the latest innovations in power amplifier solutions for mobile broadband applications, Doherty amplifiers for use in broadcast and new product concepts such as pallets for S-band radar applications. Also showcased will be products housed in thermall...

Ampleon announced its participation at the forthcoming Electronic Design Innovation Conference - EDI CON – held in Beijing between 19th to 21st April, 2016. At their booth, number 607, Ampleon will showcase demonstrations of a plasma light module developed by Luma in collaboration with Ampleon and, a new recently announced solid state oven developed by Midea in collaboration with Ampleon, in addition to a number of GaN and LDMOS RF power tr...