RF Switch

August 1, 2013

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (San Diego, CA) has released the PE95421 SPDT RF switch. Manufactured on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS® technology, the PE95421 switch is resistant to total dose and single-event radiation effects. The switch features HaRP™ technology enhancements for high linearity of 60 dBm IIP3.

Further design enhancements ensure low levels of performance drift under total dose conditions up to 100 krads (ELDRS free). The PE95421 switch features low-complexity, single-pin 3.3V CMOS logic control in a single chip. It has low insertion loss ranging from 0.77 dB @ 100 MHz to 1.38 dB @ 8500 MHz, and high isolation ranging from 86.5 dB @ 100 MHz to 27.8 dB @ 8500 MHz. The switch has low power consumption of 3.3 micro watts at 3.3V, and high ESD tolerance up to 1000V HBM.