MACOM's SW-283-PIN is a GaAs MMIC transfer switch package in lead-free, surface mount CR-4 ceramic style packages. SW-283-PIN offers low insertion loss, high isolation, and fast switching. This ceramic switch platform has a common footprint for all three designs. The CR-4 package is hermetically sealed, making this switch ideal for space, military radios, and other environmentally harsh applications. Typical applications include synthesizer switching, transmit/receive switching, switch matrices and filter banks in systems such as radio and cellular equipment, PCM, GPS, and fiber optic modules. The SW-283-PIN transfer switch contains a monolithic GaAs MMIC which is fabricated using a 1.0 micron MESFET process.
