Qorvo announced a new portfolio of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) RF switches and digital step attenuators (DSAs) targeted at defense, aerospace, and infrastructure customers. The portfolio is designed to simplify RF system design, reduce bill of materials (BOM) complexity, and accelerate integration in wideband systems. The components feature TTL-compatible control, eliminating the need for a negative voltage rail. This simplifies biasing networks, reduces BOM count, and streamlines board layouts while maintaining fast-switching speeds, high isolation, and high linearity.
The new solutions provide a simpler alternative to legacy GaAs-based RF control components and multi-vendor approaches.
Products in the portfolio include:
- QPC2320: Reflective SPDT Switch, up to 15 GHz. Key features: low insertion loss, high isolation, high linearity, <50 ns switching. Target applications: radar, EW, secure communications.
- QPC2420: Reflective SPDT Switch, up to 30 GHz. Key features: wideband coverage, high linearity, fast switching, compact footprint. Target applications: wideband radar, SATCOM, test & measurement.
- QPC2180: Reflective SP8T Switch, up to 8 GHz. Key features: high linearity for filter banks, compact integration. Target applications: filter banks, multi-band radios.
- QPC5330: 6-bit Digital Step Attenuator, up to 15 GHz. Key features: precise attenuation, glitch-safe operation, SPI/I2C control. Target applications: signal conditioning, radar/EW.
- QPC5430: 6-bit Digital Step Attenuator, up to 30 GHz. Key features: wideband attenuation, high linearity, daisy-chain support. Target applications: test & measurement, microwave backhaul, communications systems.
“Customers are looking for ways to simplify RF control architectures without sacrificing the switching speed and RF performance required in modern defense systems,” said Doug Bostrom, general manager of Qorvo’s Defense and Aerospace business. “By eliminating the need for a negative voltage rail, our SOI portfolio helps reduce design complexity, streamline integration and provide a faster path from design to deployment.”
The portfolio enables standardization of switch and attenuator functions into a scalable RF control platform, reducing routing complexity, minimizing calibration effort, and supporting design reuse. It aligns with trends in wider bandwidth radar and electronic warfare (EW) systems, agile signal routing, and pressure to reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP).
The products are available now from Qorvo and authorized distributors.
Qorvo will showcase the SOI portfolio at IMS2026, June 7–12 in Boston, Booth 20036.
