RFMW announced design and sales support for a broadband gain block with differential input. The Qorvo QPA9143 gain block offers a 100 Ω differential-input to 50 Ω single-ended output allowing direct interface with transceiver DACs, thereby eliminating the need for a discrete balun. It is well suited for transmit path gain stages in 5G m-MIMO BTS and is optimized for 2.3 to 3.8 GHz applications. With 18.1 dB of small signal gain and 35.2 dBm output 3rd order intercept, the QPA9143 has excellent gain flatness of 0.5 dB over any 400 MHz bandwidth and a CMRR of 35 dB. Housed in a compact 2 x 2 mm SMT package, the amplifier features a shut-down function for power-down control.