Peregrine Semiconductor announced the new PE42556 SPDT (single pole double throw) RF switch. The PE42556, designed on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS silicon-on-sapphire process technology, features excellent broadband RF performance from 9 kHz up to 13.5 GHz without gate or phase lag and insertion loss drift, and ensures fast switch-settling time.

Peregrine Semiconductor announced the first pair in a series of new SPDT RF switches addressing the needs of wireless infrastructure, 2.4GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM), and broadband applications for fiber optics and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS). The PE4250 and PE4251are the result of a joint design and development activity with long-standing partner OKI Electric Ltd. (Tokyo). Product engineers from both OKI a...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, today announced the new PE43204 2-bit UltraCMOS Digital Step Attenuator (DSA). This newest addition to Peregrine’s highly popular DSA portfolio offers best-in-class performance with exceptional attenuation accuracy and linearity, making it ideal for 4G Tx/Rx applications such as cellular base stations and remote radio hea...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation announced it has recently shipped its half-billionth UltraCMOS™ RFIC, a milestone which highlights the successful adoption and proliferation of the Company’s disruptive UltraCMOS silicon-on-sapphire technology.

Peregrine Semiconductor and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a leading Asia-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications, today, announced that the companies have completed the final qualification phase in the process technology transfer of Peregrine’s UltraCMOS SOS (Silicon-On-Sapphire) technology to MagnaChip’s Cheongju wafer manufacturing facility.

Peregrine Semiconductor has released the latest in the new UltraCMOS Digital Step Attenuator 50Ω series. Building on their high-performance predecessors, along with direct and latched parallel interface logic these new HaRP-enhanced devices also offer highly flexible serial programmability with attenuation options covering a 7.75 dB (PE43501)and 15.75 dB (PE43601) attenuation range in 0.25 dB steps.

Peregrine Semiconductor has announced the release of its newest UltraCMOS RFIC, the 50-ohm PE4150 quad MOSFET core device, ideal for mixer designs requiring low conversion loss and high linearity such as portable radios operating in bands from UHF through 900MHz. The PE4150 is a highly linear passive mixer that incorporates an integrated LO amplifier with exceptionally high LO isolation.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation today announced that it has appointed Jay Biskupski to the role of chief financial offer, responsible for the Company’s financial and site services organizations. Mr. Biskupski replaces Philip Chapman, who moves to a new executive role which will oversee the deployment of the Company’s Intellectual Property licensing strategy.

Peregrine Semiconductor, a leading supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, today released three new UltraCMOS Digital Step Attenuators (DSAs) in the expansion of its popular 50Ω DSA line. Building on their high-performance predecessors, along with flexible serial and parallel interface logic these new HaRP-enhanced devices also offer highly flexible attenuation options by covering a 31.5dB attenuation range in ...

Peregrine Semiconductor has announced the UltraCMOS PE95420 SPDT RF Switch. Delivering broadband performance up to 8.5 GHz and exceptional isolation, the new switch is ideal for the demanding rigors of high-rel applications such as telecom infrastructure, microwave radios, test instrumentation and space. As with all UltraCMOS silicon-on-sapphire ICs, the PE95420 offers a superior isolation and insertion loss, making it appropriate for application...

Peregrine Semiconductor has claimed a breakthrough in the solution to mobile antenna tuning. The Company’s new DuNE Technology, a patent-pending design methodology made possible by Peregrine’s UltraCMOS process and HaRP design innovation, has enabled a single-die tunable capacitor circuit – referred to as a Digitally Tunable Capacitor (DTC) – which meets the high-performance demands for antenna tuning in leading-edge cellu...

Peregrine Semiconductor has announced its new line of high-power RF switches for the mobile radio market. Featuring a 50 Watt 1dB compression point, the PE42510A single-pole double-throw (SPDT) and PE42650A single-pole triple-throw (SP3T) UltraCMOS RFICs deliver unprecedented linearity with ultra low insertion loss at high power.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, today released the new PE9309 UltraCMOS Prescaler for rad-hard space/satellite, high-performance military and hi-rel commercial infrastructure applications. The new divide-by-four device operates across 3.5 – 13.0 GHz frequencies, a broad operating range which exemplifies capability of the revolutionary UltraCMOS process ...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a leading Asia-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications, today, announced that the final qualification phase has begun in the process technology transfer of Peregrine’s UltraCMOS SOS (Silicon-On-Sapphire) technology to MagnaChip’s Cheongju wafer manufacturing facility.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation today released three new 7-bit UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuators to complement its popular 50-Ohm DSA line. Building on their high-performance predecessors, along with flexible Serial and Parallel interface logic these new HaRP™-enhanced devices also offer an unprecedented serial-addressable control interface which allows the user to control up to 8 different DSAs using a common 3-wire interface b...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation today announced the new PE42552 SPDT 50-Ohm RF Switch, designed for use in Test and Measurement applications requiring ultra-linear RF performance and ultra-fast settling time, such as Automated Test Equipment, RF/IF transceiver signal switching, filter bank switching and discrete DSA stages.

Peregrine Semiconductor has announced its UltraCMOS PE97022 and PE97042 phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers for satellite payload designs. The new pair of 3.5 GHz Integer-N PLLs boast an ultra-low normalized phase noise of -216 dBc/Hz, which is the lowest phase noise of any rad-hard PLL on the market today. Additionally, the two PLLs feature programmable counters, a phase comparator and +10/11 Dual Modulus Prescaler, allowing for backw...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation has announced the UltraCMOS PE42641 SP4T antenna tuning switch delivering an IMD performance of -110 dBm, making it ideal for converged designs requiring high linearity and low distortion. A variety of emerging market applications benefit from the exceptional RF performance advantages of the PE42641 switch, including 3G GSM/EDGE/WCDMA and CDMA handset and PC card applications; machine-to-machine applications su...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation has announced the appointment of former Qualcomm executive Jeffrey Belk to its Board of Directors. Mr. Belk brings a wealth of industry experience to Peregrine's Board from his 14-year tenure at Qualcomm, where he held a variety of senior management positions, including his most recent role as senior vice president of strategy and market development. In this position, Mr. Belk examined changes in the wireless e...

Peregrine Semiconductor has announced the next generation of its UltraCMOS products at the MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The new 0.5µm PE42693 SP9T RF antenna switch is the highest throw-count RF CMOS antenna switch available on the market today. To support more highly integrated and even smaller WCDMA solutions, Peregrine also announced that it has qualified its 0.25 µm UltraCMOS technology for three ne...