en.Wedoany.com Reported - At the IMS 2026 exhibition, Menlo Micro demonstrated multiple switch solutions based on its Ideal Switch technology, including the MM5800 millimeter-wave switch platform for DC to 70 GHz applications, the MM5130NLX high-power RF protection switch, and the MM5627 differential DP3T switch for high-speed data and loopback applications. These products target fields such as RF and microwave test systems, AI hardware verification, defense electronics, radar systems, telecommunications infrastructure, and next-generation high-speed interconnects.
The MM5800 is an SPDT micro-mechanical switch designed for ultra-wideband RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave applications, belonging to the Menlo Micro millimeter-wave switch platform series. Senior Principal System Applications Engineer Ian Burke demonstrated the switch, with engineering samples showing approximately 1 dB insertion loss and 15 dB return loss up to 60 GHz. The company also discussed performance improvements planned for future versions. Built on Ideal Switch technology, the switch covers a frequency range from DC to 70 GHz, supports over 3 billion switching cycles, and is designed to replace electromechanical relays and solid-state RF switches in high-performance measurement systems. The device can handle 4 W continuous wave and 40 W pulsed power, comes in a compact wafer-level chip-scale package, and is optimized for next-generation test infrastructure supporting PCIe Gen7 and 224G SerDes, while targeting satellite communications, aerospace and defense, silicon photonics testing, wireless infrastructure, and quantum computing applications.
The MM5130NLX RF switch demonstrated high tolerance capabilities during the presentation. In a live demonstration, the switch withstood 56 dBm (approximately 500 W) of pulsed RF power in tolerance mode, with thermal imaging showing only a 2–3°C temperature rise on the switch itself while maintaining approximately 50 dB of isolation. The MM5130 series, based on Ideal Switch technology, supports a frequency range from DC to 26 GHz, handles up to 25 W continuous wave power and 150 W pulsed power in standard configurations, and offers over 3 billion switching cycles. This series targets RF front-ends, switched filter banks, relay replacement, aerospace and defense, wireless infrastructure, and test and measurement equipment. The MM5130-NLX variant showcased at IMS was developed as a high-tolerance RF front-end protection switch, capable of withstanding up to 500 W of pulsed RF power, suitable for demanding defense and aerospace applications.
The MM5627 DP3T differential switch, demonstrated by Principal System Applications Engineer Stewart Yang, highlighted its use in high-speed serial interface external loopback applications. The demonstration used PAM4 PCIe Gen 6 signaling, generating a clear eye diagram without enabling transmitter feed-forward equalization, continuous-time linear equalization, or decision feedback equalization. The switch's architecture enables independent control of multiple differential pairs within a single package, reducing the number of components required in high-speed test systems. The MM5627 is part of the Menlo Micro MM562x series, featuring a compact system-in-package architecture that integrates DP3T switch logic, on-chip loopback circuitry, charge pumps, and high-voltage drive circuits. The switch supports differential signaling rates up to 80 Gbps, provides bandwidth up to 20 GHz, and offers 128 programmable control states for independently managing differential signal pairs, enabling complex routing and loopback functions while reducing board space and system complexity, improving signal integrity for automated verification platforms used in AI processors, GPUs, CPUs, and high-speed data infrastructure.
