Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has secured a reference design with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) for smart energy, industrial and networking applications including electric/gas/water meters, street lighting, telematic and tracking systems. Skyworks’ front-end solutions are in volume production and compatible with single-chip transceivers for wireless systems requiring high performance at low power and voltage.
“TI is delighted to be collaborating with Skyworks to develop a new reference design using TI’s sub-1GHz RF performance line transceiver and Skyworks’ front-end solutions,” said Terje Lassen, industrial business manager, Wireless Connectivity Solutions, TI. “With Skyworks, we have created a proven design for customers in a rapid development cycle and removed the guess work in producing high-performance RF designs for a variety of smart energy, industrial and networking applications.”
“Skyworks is excited to partner with TI in creating a solution that leverages our newest family of front-end modules with their radio platforms,” said David Stasey, general manager of analog solutions at Skyworks.
Skyworks’ Front-end Solutions SKY65313-21 is a high performance transmit/receive (T/R) front-end module (FEM). The device transmit chain features +30dBm output power and 40% power added efficiency (PAE), while the device receive chain contains a low noise amplifier (LNA) with a 1.4dB noise figure (NF) and 16.6dB gain. The cascaded NF and gain, taking into account the 0.5dB insertion loss T/R antenna switch, are 1.9dB and 16.1dB respectively – making the FEM ideal for medium power microwave links such as 900MHz ISM-band applications. The 28-pin, 6mm x 6mm x 0.9mm device, packaged in a multi-chip module, surface-mounted technology unit, also has a shut-down mode and LNA bypass mode to minimize power consumption – allowing for a highly manufacturable, low cost solution. SKY65364-11 is a high performance, T/R, 6mm x 6mm x 0.9mm FEM that provides a complete T/R chain with T/R switches. The device transmit chain on the 28-pin FEM features +30.5dBm output power and 40% power-added efficiency. The device receive chain offers a LNA with a 1.7dB NF and 16.0dB gain. The cascaded NF and gain, taking into account the 0.5dB insertion loss T/R antenna switch, are 2.2dB and 15.5dB, respectively, which makes it ideal for medium power microwave links such as 900MHz ISM-band applications. The module also has a shut-down, power amplifier and LNA bypass mode to minimize power consumption. It is housed in a surface-mounted technology (SMT) package, which allows for a highly manufacturable, low cost solution. SKY65366-11 is a high performance T/R FEM that provides a complete T/R chain with T/R switches. The device transmit chain features +30.2dBm output power and a 40% PAE. The device receive chain features a LNA with a 1.5dB NF and 22.2dB gain. The cascaded NF and gain, taking into account the 0.3 dB insertion loss T/R antenna switch, are 1.8dB and 21.0dB, respectively. The 400MHz module also has a shut-down, PA and LNA bypass mode to minimize power consumption. It is mounted in a 28-pin, 6mm x 6mm multi-chip module SMT package – allowing for a highly manufacturable, low-cost solution.
