Programmable MIMO RF transceiver meets many standards
Richardson RFPD is now offering availability and full design support capabilities for a new multiple input and multiple output, RF transceiver from Lime Microsystems. The LMS7002M is a fully-integrated, multiband, multi-standard, programmable MIMO RF transceiver. It combines low noise amplifiers, driver amplifiers, mixers, filters, synthesizers, receiver (RX) gain control, transmitter (TX) power control, and analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters into a single 11.5 mm x 11.5 mm QFN-packaged product, requiring few external components.
It covers 30 to 3800 MHz (0.1 to 3800 MHz when extended by transceiver signal processor numerically controlled oscillators), with 0 dBm Pout from the driver amplifier, and 2.5 dB noise figure at 2 GHz at the RX input.
The LMS7002M is well suited for a range of applications, including broadband wireless communications, avionics and defense, 3G and 4G cellular infrastructure, software defined radio (SDR), cognitive radio, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and WiFi operating in the whitespace frequencies, as well as other whitespace applications.
An evaluation kit - UWCT7002 - is also available.