Menlo Micro Ships MM5120 and MM5140, latest Ideal Switch products

These two switches provide performance, reliability and integration for RF switching applications, 5G network infrastructure, and test and measurement equipment.

Built on Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch technology, the MM5120 and MM5140 SP4T switches offer 25W power handling, low insertion loss and the high linearity, outperforming electromechanical relays (EMRs) and conventional solid-state switches. Both switches feature an integrated charge pump and driver circuit with SPI and GPIO interface control options.

“Wireless system and test and measurement equipment designers are seeking new and innovative ways to reduce the cost and complexity of their applications and shrink board space and component count,” said Chris Giovanniello, Co-Founder and Senior VP of Marketing at Menlo Micro. “We’ve expanded our Ideal Switch portfolio with the production release of two new high-performance, highly integrated SP4T switches that offer best-in-class linearity, switching speeds and reliability. The switches enable developers to meet their size, weight, power, and cost targets for a wide range of demanding RF switching applications.”

Menlo Micro’s MM5120 and MM5140 SP4T switches represent the culmination of:

Reliability

The SP4T switches provide superb reliability and can operate with more than three billion switching cycles, resulting in reduced downtime, maintenance, and cost and a 1000x longer lifetime compared to conventional EMRs.

Compact design

The MM5120 and MM5140’s small-footprint/low-profile design features a custom-designed, built-in high-voltage charge pump/driver circuit integrated into a miniature 5.2 x 4.2mm LGA package, eliminating the need for external components, simplifying customer layouts, and reducing BOM cost.

Power efficiency

The switches operate at less than 10mW, a 99% reduction in power consumption compared to EMRs, making them energy efficient broadband SP4T switches.

Leading IP3 linearity

Both switches feature best-in-class IP3 linearity of 90dBm, enabling significant reductions in distortion, which is critical for applications such as beam-steering antennas used in 5G network infrastructure. IP3 is a figure of merit in determining how much distortion a switch will introduce into a system, impacting the quality of transmitted or received signals.

Availability

Menlo Micro’s MM5120 and MM5140 Ideal Switch products are available today for customers worldwide.