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News Release from: Peregrine Semiconductor | Subject: PE9308
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 June 2005
Prescaler breaks through CMOS speed
barrier
The PE9308 rad-hard prescaler, designed for space, high-performance military and infrastructure applications, is the first CMOS device to operate in X and Ku Band.
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp can now produce products that reach 13.2GHz using its leading-edge UltraCMOS process technology - a speed level never-before attained by traditional CMOS processes The PE9308 rad-hard prescaler, designed for space, high-performance military and infrastructure applications, is the first CMOS device to operate in X and Ku Band, showcasing the UltraCMOS speed advantage
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"UltraCMOS technology has broken the speed barrier long associated with traditional CMOS processes", commented Jim Cable, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine.
"This new Peregrine prescaler delivers industry-leading RF performance at X or Ku Band on CMOS - it's an extraordinary solution for our customers, and a price/performance benchmark our competitors simply cannot match", he added.
The PE9308 also reaches an ultra-low-power milestone, typically drawing 25mA at 2.5V - which is about one-tenth the power of an equivalent GaAs device - yet delivers decidedly superior rad-hard performance, including: fixed divide ratio of 4; low SSB phase noise; immunity to single event latchup (SEL); single-event upset (SEU) of less than 10e-9 errors/bit-day; and tolerance total dose radiation of 100Krad (Si).
Additionally, output frequency can be fed directly into Peregrine's complete line of PLLs, offering a complete frequency synthesis capability, from DC to Ku band, entirely from the Peregrine portfolio.
This reduces purchasing and vendor management for all frequency synthesis designs.
"We are pleased to work with Peregrine Semiconductor to push UltraCMOS technology to Ku band".
"This dramatically expands our ability to utilise the low power and integration advantages of Peregrine products", said Massimo Comparini, CTO of Italy-based Alenia Spazio, one of the largest space industry developers in Europe.
Evaluation kits support development with the devices, and UltraCMOS technology tutorials are available from the Peregrine website.
The PE9308 is offered in the 8-lead formed flatpack or die, and is in production now.
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