en.Wedoany.com Reported - Qorvo has launched a new portfolio of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) RF switches and digital step attenuators, designed to simplify RF system design, reduce bill of materials complexity, and accelerate integration in broadband systems for defense, aerospace, and infrastructure customers.

This portfolio addresses the growing demand for wider frequency coverage, flexible signal routing, and simplified integration, eliminating the need for traditional GaAs-based RF control components or multi-vendor RF control chain designs. The products feature TTL-compatible control, removing the requirement for a negative voltage rail, which helps designers simplify biasing networks, reduce bill of materials count, and optimize board-level layout while maintaining the fast switching speed, high isolation, and high linearity required for defense and aerospace applications. The portfolio offers designers a simpler alternative to traditional RF control methods that require negative bias rails, multiple control components, and more complex board-level integration.

Doug Bostrom, General Manager of Qorvo's Defense and Aerospace business, stated that customers are seeking to simplify RF control architectures without sacrificing the switching speed and RF performance required by modern defense systems. By eliminating the need for a negative voltage rail, this SOI portfolio helps reduce design complexity, simplify integration, and accelerate the process from design to deployment.

The portfolio includes multiple models: The QPC2320 is a reflective single-pole double-throw switch operating up to 15 GHz, featuring low insertion loss, high isolation, high linearity, and switching speeds of less than 50 ns, targeting radar, electronic warfare, and secure communications; The QPC2420 is also a reflective single-pole double-throw switch operating up to 30 GHz, offering broadband coverage, high linearity, fast switching, and a compact package, suitable for broadband radar, satellite communications, and test and measurement; The QPC2180 is a reflective single-pole eight-throw switch operating up to 8 GHz, ideal for filter banks and multi-band radios; The QPC5330 is a 6-bit digital step attenuator operating up to 15 GHz, featuring precise attenuation, glitch-free operation, and SPI/I2C control for signal conditioning and radar/electronic warfare; The QPC5430 is a 6-bit digital step attenuator operating up to 30 GHz, supporting broadband attenuation, high linearity, and daisy-chaining, applicable to test and measurement, microwave backhaul, and communication systems.

Compared to traditional approaches relying on multiple narrowband components or mixed-vendor solutions, this SOI portfolio enables designers to standardize switching and attenuation functions into a scalable RF control platform, thereby reducing routing complexity, minimizing calibration efforts, and accelerating design reuse across projects. Compared to conventional GaAs switches, this solution offers simpler biasing and easier integration while maintaining the RF performance required by modern defense and aerospace systems. Compared to discrete multi-component RF control chains, designers can reduce bill of materials complexity, board space, and integration burden while improving signal integrity and simplifying future upgrades.

This portfolio aligns with key industry trends such as wider bandwidth radar and electronic warfare systems, more flexible signal routing requirements, and faster time-to-market while reducing size, weight, and power (SWaP). By combining simplified control integration, fast switching, high isolation, strong linearity, and flexible digital control, designers can modernize RF control architectures without increasing system complexity. Qorvo plans to showcase its latest RF innovations, including this SOI portfolio, at the IMS2026 exhibition in Boston from June 7 to 12, 2026, at booth number 20036.

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