News: Microelectronics
19 September 2025
MACOM highlighting RF, microwave and mmWave products at EuMW
In booth #D068 at European Microwave Week (EuMW 2025) in Jaarbeurs Utrecht, The Netherlands (21–26 September), MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA is exhibiting its broad portfolio of RF, microwave and millimetre-wave (mmWave) product solutions, and foundry services.
Demonstrations highlight the firm’s expanding product capabilities for space, radar, RF-over-fiber (RFoF) and high-reliability applications. These include:
SATCOM applications:
- Ka-band power amplifier (PA) and low-noise amplifier (LNA): This shared demo, highlighting the MAAP-011410 10W PA alongside the MAAL-FR1245 0.2dB noise figure LNA, showcases MACOM’s packaging capabilities for high-frequency GaN and GaAs technologies in SATCOM applications.
- Linearized Q-band PA and V-band LNA: Featuring the MAAP-FR1423 and CGY2272, this demo targets SATCOM applications. The PA offers stable linearity and thermal performance, while the LNA provides low-noise characteristics for high-fidelity signal reception.
- RFoF Solutions: MACOM is showcasing its RFoF transceiver portfolio covering the entire L-, S-, C-, X- and Ku-bands.
- Space and hi-rel products: MACOM is displaying space and high-reliability (hi-rel) components for free-space optics (FSO) systems, including lasers, laser drivers, photodiodes and transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), along with RF-over-fiber analog photonic subsystems used in high-performance satellite communication applications.
Radar applications:
- Ultra LNA for E-band applications: The MAAL-FR00003-DIE offers low-noise performance and is designed on a space-evaluated process. It is designed to support demanding aerospace environments.
- SP2T high-power switch: The MASW-011249 surface-mount switch can support continuous wave (CW) power up to +53dBm across 50MHz to 6GHz, suitable for high-power RF switching applications.
- C-band 700W RF power pallet: The MAPC-P1058 is designed for pulsed radar systems and features multi-stage gain, an integrated power management IC and a compact footprint.
MACOM foundry services:
- MACOM foundry services: Recognized globally for its expertise in GaAs and GaN MMIC technologies, MACOM offers a wide range of process technologies, custom packaging and testing. These services span from initial concept to full-scale production.
MACOM’s presentations during EuMW2025 on 23 September include:
- (15:10–15:30) ‘EuMIC-15-5 Stability Envelope Using Nodal Transfer Functions’, by distinguished fellow Dr Thomas Winslow;
- (13:50–15:30) ’EuMIC/EuMC03-4 GaN/Si 26–30GHz T/R Chip MMIC for 5G Communications’, by applications engineering manager Ahmad Al Hajjar, senior applications engineer Valentin Deremaux, senior electronic design engineer Majid El Kaamouchi.
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