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Post subject: DPDT RF Switches Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:59 pm

Lieutenant

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I have searched the RF world but can't find any DPDT Switches for Differential RF Application from 1MHz to 3 GHz. Any recommendations?

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Kirt Blattenberger

Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:38 pm

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Greetings picasso:

What kinds of power levels are you looking for? If not too high, try researching front-end modules for wireless applications from somebody like muRata. Some of them still use double-ended I/O.

Any other specs you can provide would help people understand your need better.

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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:37 am

Lieutenant

Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:25 am

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Hello Kirt,

Specifications are as follows,

Freq : 1 MHz to 3 GHz

Power Level : 10dBm

Switch : DPDT RFIC ( not Diversity Switch )

I need to switch differential RF Signals on my board. I am able to find plenty of SPDT IC, but have not yet come across DPDT IC.

Macom has DPDT available in die form which is not much useful. I could use two SPDT but I was hoping that a single DPDT IC will be better able to match impedance on my board.

Posted  11/12/2012