Qorvo announced two RF components, the QPQ3550 BAW filter and the QPA9862 pre-driver amplifier, designed for 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO) and fixed wireless access (FWA) applications to address demands for smaller radio designs, improved thermal performance, and tighter integration.
The QPQ3550 operates in the 3.55–3.7 GHz CBRS band and is designed for customer premises equipment (CPE), FWA nodes, small cells, and multiband radios. It uses Qorvo’s bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technology, offering insertion loss, power handling, and thermal reliability in a compact form factor. The QPA9862, a wideband pre-driver amplifier, supports 32T and 64T 5G mMIMO base station architectures, providing power efficiency and broad signal bandwidth in a compact design.
Both components are currently sampling with strategic customers. Debbie Gibson, director of Qorvo’s Wireless Infrastructure Business, stated that these components help reduce radio footprints, improve thermal performance, and simplify design for 5G mMIMO, FWA, and other applications.
Qorvo will present these components at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2025, held June 16-20 in San Francisco, CA. Additional details are available on Qorvo’s Network Infrastructure site, and meeting scheduling can be accessed via Qorvo’s IMS 2025 event page.
