Infineon BGC100GN6 antenna centric devices

EBV presents the BGC100GN6 a fully integrated bi-directional coupler IC, designed for 2G/3G/4G RF front end applications.  Infineon is deploying this device in high volume RF-CMOS technology. No additional external power supply blocking or RF decoupling capacitors are required. It distinguishs with a very small size of only 1.1 x 0.7mm2 and a maximum height of 0.4 mm.

Key features

• Fully integrated coupler in RF CMOS
• Bi-directional coupler
• Wide frequency range: 0.6 to 2.7 GHz
• GPIO controlled

Additional features

• Optimized for power regulation and close loop antenna tunings
• Compact directional coupler for cellular RF front-end applications
• Addresses WiFi and cellular co-existence challenge with integrated WiFi filter in coupled path
• Package preserves RF performance and is compatible with standard SMT lines
• Fitted for feedback receivers to accomplish closed loop power control and antenna tuning
• Designed for low insertion loss and high directivity
• Integrated low-pass filter for 5GHz WiFi jammers suppression
• Small form factor 1.1mmx 0.7mm
• RoHS and WEEE compliant package
• Product validation: Qualified for industrial applications according to the relevant tests of JEDEC47/20/2

Applications

• Mobile devices using GSM / WCDMA /HSPA+
• Mobile devices using FDD-LTE/TDLTE/TD-SCDMA /CDMA