Wi-Fi 6/6E FEMs deliver more power than competitive solutions

Mouser now stocks the QPF4656 and QPF4730 Wi-Fi 6 and 6E (802.11ax) FEMs from Qorvo. The FEMs tap into the full potential of the Wi-Fi 6E spectrum while also providing up to 25% more power efficiency than competitive solutions currently found. Their small form factors and integrated matching help reduce layout area while offering significant cost, size and thermal performance advantages.

These FEMs include a SP2T and a bypassable LNA with a 5.945GHz to 7.125GHz power amplifier (QPF4656) or a 5.1GHz to 7.125GHz power amplifier (QPF4730). They provide Tx gain values ranging from 30dB to 32dB and Rx gain of 14.5dB, with noise figures of 2dB.

The FEMs conserve power consumption while keeping high linear output power and leading-edge throughput at the maximum power levels supported by Wi-Fi 6E's extended bandwidth. This wide bandwidth performance element allows the operation of the QPF4656 in all channels from UNII5-8 (5.9-7.1GHz) and the QPF4730 operation in all channels from UNII1-8 (5.1-7.1GHz) on the fly with no logic switching. The devices include die-level filtering for second and third harmonics, 2.4GHz rejection for DBDC operation and a voltage detector for application feedback. The QPF4632 also includes a coupler RF power detector.

Applications for the FEMs include access points, residential gateways, customer premises equipment, and IoT devices. For development, also offered are the QPF4656EVB and QPF4730EVB evaluation boards.