Technology
Switch Technology
Finwave GaN on Silicon based switches offer fundamental advantages over other high power switch technologies available today. They offer high power capability over a wider bandwidth as well as faster switching and settling times. Not to mention the exceptional ease of use with no external components to worry about.
Finwave High Power Switch Technology
Broadband Performance
Power Handling
Switching Speed
Easy to Use
Technology Advancements
Combining High Power Handling and Wide Bandwidth
Enabling Designers to Use One Switch for a Wide Range of Applications and Frequency Bands
Finwave GaN-on-Si Switch Technology offers wide instantaneous bandwidth from very low frequencies up to 12 GHz. This is immediately usable bandwidth, with no external matching required, and no external components.
- Low frequency performance with full power handling all the way down to 30 MHz.
- Matched to 50 Ohm for the entire operating band.
- No external matching components
- One switch can cover many different applications and frequency bands.
Switching and Settling Time
Ready to Use Sooner, a High-Power Switch that Settles Fast
RF designers know that when designing for a time critical application, switching time is only half of the story and even fast switches fail to settle down quickly. It is not uncommon for switches to take 1000’s of microseconds before they are ready to provide an accurate signal level. Using Finwave Switch technology, the switch settles fast and the signal and is ready to be measured sooner, a huge benefit for Test and Measurement applications in particular where speed is of utmost importance.
- 80 ns switching time (FW2001, 50% of VCTRL to 10%/90%).
- 200 ns settling time to 0.1 dB of final value (FW2001, 50% of VCTRL to 0.1 dB of final value).
Comparison Chart
Features | Other Tech | GaN+ |
|---|---|---|
30 MHz – 12 GHz matched, high-power bandwidth |  |  |
Fast settling time to within 0.1 dB of final value | | |
Easy to use -no external components | | |
“We believe our switches are the fastest settling high power switches on the market”