Semiconductor specialist TriQuint Semiconductor announced a new line of high-power broadband discrete transistors at the recent MILCOM military communications conference and exhibition at the San Diego Convention Center (San Diego, CA). The new PowerBand(TM) family includes devices with output power levels from 10 to 50 W at frequencies from 500 MHz to 3 GHz and operating voltages from +12 to +28 VDC.

According to the firm's President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Quinsey, "PowerBand(TM) changes the wireless equation, creating an opportunity to save a tremendous amount of space, cost, and energy. Because PowerBand(TM) efficiently delivers high power across unprecedented bandwidth, an RF design may require only one transistor line-up instead of several. This fact directly impacts the bill of materials and size of end user products by substantially reducing space dedicated to RF." The PowerBand(TM) devices are capable of wide frequency ranges with output power levels to 50 W and power-added efficiency of 50 percent or more.

TriQuint Semiconductor (www.triquint.com)