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RF Performance LineupRecommended for 250 W transponder Solutions (1090 MHz) for Transponders and Secondary Freescale has developed an advanced portfolio of RF power solutions Lineup for 250 W transponder (1090 MHz) for use in systems, L-Band radars and S-Band radars. Our

latest-generation Airfast products for commercial aerospace pack more 3 mW 175 mW 275 W RF power in less space, reducing size and weight, and have better (4.6 dBm) (22.4 dBm) (54.4 dBm) reliability and integration — all of which help improve +17.8 dB +32 dB

and next-generation aircraft-to-aircraft communications. Pre-Driver: Driver + Final Stage: Lineup for 500MMG20241H W transponder (24.5 dBm) (1090AFIC10275N MHz) or DME (960-1215 MHz) Leveraging LDMOS The device also embeds RF sensing and temperature sensing capabilities, reducing LDMOS transistors provide higher thermal the need for external components. This device Lineup for 500 W transponder (1090 MHz) or DME (960-1215 MHz) capabilities, gain and ruggedness than bipolar is designed to work specifically with TCAS solutions. LDMOS enables more cost-effective systems, ADS-B transponders and Mode S systems than gallium nitride (GaN) while 0.3 mW 20 mW 5 W 500 W ELM interrogators. (-5 dBm) (13 dBm) (37 dBm) (57 dBm) delivering similar performance in L-Band. As an example, the AFV121KH RF power Worldwide Industry Leader transistor has more than 1 kW of power +18 dB +24 dB +20 dB Freescale’s RF power transistor products across the full DME 960 –1215 MHz band. Pre-Driver: Driver: Final Stage: enable the majority of the world’s cellular voice Lineup for 1MMG3H21N kW secondary (19.3 dBm )radarMRF6V10010N (1030 MHz) (10 orW) DMEMRF6V12500H (960-1215 MHz) New Level of Integration and data traffic every day, in the harshest environments on earth, making Freescale the The avionics industry’s first RF power world’s largest and most-deployed supplier of Lineup for 1 kW secondary (1030 MHz) or DME (960-1215 MHz) integrated circuit for 1090 MHz, AFIC10275N, RF power technology. Typicalintegrates Block two amplification Diagram stages.

10 mW 600 mW 24 W 1.2 kW (9.8 dBm) (27.8 dBm) (43.8 dBm) (60.8 dBm) Typical Block Diagram

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Receiver Pre-Driver: Driver: Final Stage: MMG3005N (30 dBm) MRFE6VS25GN (30 W) AFV121KH

Pulse Modulation Duplexer

Power Amplifier

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Featured Product: AFIC10275N: 250 W, 978-1090 MHz Featured Product: AFV121KH: > 1 kW Pulse @ 960-1215 MHz

AFIC10275N is a dual-stage integrated circuit with integrated sensors enabling much smaller and lighter power AFV121KH high power device for air traffic control — higher power enables reduction of the number of transistors amplifiers for avionics transponders per system, reducing size and cost.

1090 MHz performance @ VDD = 50 Vdc, Pulse 128 μsec, 10% Duty Cycle Typical wideband performance: VDD = 50 Vdc, Pin = 25 W, Pulse 128 μsec, 5% Duty Cycle Frequency Output Power Gain 2nd Stage Drain Efficiency Frequency Output Power Gain Drain Efficiency (MHz) (W) (dB) (%) (MHz) (W) (dB) (%) 1090 250 30.1 60.6 960 1285 17.1 50 1030 1320 17.2 51 Featured AFIC10275N Graph 1090 1350 17.3 51 1215 1235 17.0 55 35 90 P = 25 W 34 in 70 ηD 33 50 Featured AFV121KH 960-1215 Graph

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Gps η 20 58 31 10 Pin = 25 W EFFICIENCY (%) 19 56 30 300 ηD 29 250 18 Gps 54 , DRAIN D

28 200 17 52 η , POWER GAIN (dB) P

out EFFICIENCY (%) ps 27 VDD = 50 Vdc, f = 1090 MHz 150 G 16 50 IDQ1 = 80 mA, IDQ2 = 150 mA

26 100 , OUTPUT Pulse Width = 128 μsec out 15 VDD = 50 Vdc 1800 25 Duty Cycle = 10% 50 P Pulse Width = 128 μsec(on)

24 0 , POWER GAIN (dB)